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From: darcy@druid.uucp (D'Arcy J.M. Cain)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Microsoft Support (or lack of)
Message-ID: <1990Sep14.154351.18639@druid.uucp>
Date: 14 Sep 90 15:43:51 GMT
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In article <57328@microsoft.UUCP> jonka@microsoft.UUCP (Jonathan KAGLE) writes:
>C 6.0 is the most rigorously tested language product in Microsoft (and probably
>microcomputer) history.  Microsoft Languages has a large, experienced testing
>department that ran tens of thousands of hours of automated test suites on the
>C 6.0 compiler and related utilities.  The high compatibility and relatively
>_few_ (for a new compiler) fatal errors is testament to the quality of our
>testing department.

Welcome to NewSpeak.  Only Microsoft could deliver a product with a version
number of 6.0 and refer to it as a new product.  At what version level does
it become mature?

The mind boggles.

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