Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mojsys!joevl From: joevl@mojsys.com (Joe Vlietstra) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: C 6.00 Bug List Summary: Repeat after me -- newsgroup partitioning is not perfect Message-ID: <1991Feb20.213936.441@mojsys.com> Date: 20 Feb 91 21:39:36 GMT References: <26758@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> <1991Feb19.081101.19806@qualcomm.com> <899@caslon.cs.arizona.edu> Reply-To: joevl@mojsys.com (Joe Vlietstra) Followup-To: comp.lang.c Distribution: na Organization: Mojave Systems Corporation, Claremont, CA Lines: 40 >In article <26758@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> jdb@reef.cis.ufl.edu (Brian K. W. Hook) asks: >I just purchased Microsoft C 6.00 (tag on the box is labeled C6.00) >[...]Is there a bug list [...] In article <1991Feb19.081101.19806@qualcomm.com> antonio@qualcom.qualcomm.com (Franklin Antonio) replies: >The bug list for C 6.00 is so long that it just isn't worth reading. >[...] Refering to the above articles, dave@cs.arizona.edu (Dave P. Schaumann) lectures: >[...] >This message was posted to comp.lang.c where it has absolutely *no* revelence. >Please pardon the intrusion on the ibm groups, where this question properly >belongs. I understand Mr. Schaumann's concern about a language newsgroup drifting into MS-DOS topics. (Try reading comp.lang.pascal.) But in this instance he's chopped too fine. Mr. Hook did not ask for a zillion MS-DOS programming tips, he only asked for a bug list for a specific C compiler. (Albeit a C compiler for an MS-DOS machine.) /* Flame Guard On */ Although comp.lang.c primary topic is the C language itself, I believe it is apropriate to post articles on closely related subjects. (And sometimes, not so closely related subjects.) The process of newsgroup formation and evolution precludes rigid guidelines. Quite frankly, I would rather have the readers of comp.lang.c determine the worthiness of the Microsoft C compiler than the readers of any MS-DOS newsgroup. /* Flame Guard Off */ Joe Vlietstra -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Joe Vlietstra | Checked Daily: ...!uunet!mojsys!joevl Mojave Systems Corp | Checked Weekly: mojave@hmcvax.claremont.edu 1254 Harvard Avenue | Iffy Routing: joevl@mojsys.com