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From: akcs.falco@hpcvbbs.UUCP (Andrey Dolgachev)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: Re: The mythical bug-free code
Message-ID: <27b07042:1922.3comp.sys.handhelds;1@hpcvbbs.UUCP>
Date: 6 Feb 91 21:40:10 GMT
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Derek brings up a good point, HP could have inverted all the possible
matrices, and it would have taken a hell of a while longer.  Along this
line, can you imagine if the testers tried every single HP command on
every possible combination of object type, and for every situation of
system flags, and then what happens if you press the on key right after
another key, and if you transfer 0 byte programs, etc., etc.  Sure, I
guess that it would be possbile, but it would take a hell of a long time
and I sure as hell wouldn't want the A version of the HP coming out about
now, even if it did have all the bug -fixes of the E.  Remember, the HP
has been out for a while now, with all the buyers testing it, and all the
bugs have still not been worked out.  Guys, remember one thing, I don't
think that if you compoiled all the bugs of the previosu version, put
them on one calculator, you would be in any dire straits.  Look at
Apple's System software, now that's buggy! Or Word, or Xtree, or many
commercial programs.  And anyways, the final point point is don't
complain, HP is replacing A-C and even D for FREE, so stop bitchin' and
start doing some constructive posts!
          ---Falco