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From: singer@XN.LL.MIT.EDU (Matthew R. Singer)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran
Subject: Re: Microsoft Fortran 4.0 bugs
Message-ID: <587@xn.LL.MIT.EDU>
Date: Thu, 2-Jul-87 15:43:31 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jul  2 15:43:31 1987
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Organization: MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA
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Summary: MS Fortran Bugs

In article <309@louie.udel.EDU>, garrett@udel.EDU (Joel Garrett) writes:
> 
> .
> .
> .
> 4.0 is a big improvement for us over 3.3 since we can now port more of our
> stuff from the VAX, but these little annoyances all add up to almost be a
> real bother.
> 
> 					Joel Garrett
> 					Research Associate
> 					Center for Composite Materials
> 					University of Delaware
> 					(garrett@louie.udel.edu)


In a recent article in PC week, mention was made that MS was aware
of something on the order of 130 bugs in MS Fortran 4.0.  They claim
to have fixed 120 (or so) of them.  This will be shipped as 4.1 in
about 30-60 days.  

You would think they fix all the ones they knew about...



M. Singer