Re: c++ vs ada results

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From: Richard A. O'Keefe
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1991 12:58

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In article <NELSON.91Jun15224835@sun.clarkson.edu>, nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Russ Nelson) writes:
> It's been my experience that the vendors of compilers *never* share their
> bug list with customers.  For GCC, you just have to tune into gnu.gcc.bug.

My experience with Burroughs and DEC was the direct opposite of this.
Heck, I only _heard_ about some of their utilities when looking through
the bug lists.  Also Xerox, with their Lisp machines, were in the habit
of saying what the known bugs were and whether they were fixed in the
next release or not.
-- 
Q:  What should I know about quicksort?   A:  That it is *slow*.
Q:  When should I use it?  A:  When you have only 256 words of main storage.

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