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From: stinson@tifsim.pac.sc.ti.com (Jim Stinson)
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Subject: Re: PL/I compiler
Message-ID: <1991Jun10.124814.12965@ticipa.pac.sc.ti.com>
Date: 10 Jun 91 12:48:14 GMT
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Digital Research's PL/I compiler was very screwed up. After buying the compiler
for $600 - $500, and sending in the registration form, they set a list of about
50 or more bugs with it. Things like A = A * B where A and B were floating
point numbers messed up the stack and you program would eventually dump. 
X = 105331 where X is an integer, would assign 15331, that is, the comiler
would drop 0's from integer constants from time to time. There were others,
I don't remember them all, I just could not believe some one would sell a
compiler for so much knowing it did not work and wouldn't give refunds. 

    Jim Stinson  stinson@tifsim.csc.ti.com, @tifsim.pac.sc.ti.com