Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!POURNE@mit-mc From: POURNE%mit-mc@sri-unix.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro.cpm Subject: Turbo Pascal--first impressions Message-ID: <16817@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Sat, 18-Feb-84 05:06:00 EST Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.16817 Posted: Sat Feb 18 05:06:00 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 21-Feb-84 04:01:38 EST Lines: 14 From: Jerry E. Pournelle1. My mistake: I repeated something I was told. 2. Turbo is going to DOCUMENT the fact that frac of a floating point number is close to ONE, not close to ZERO; apparently this representation scheme is in use in other machines, and they're staying compatible. 3. Computer science is wonderful, but I'm glad you don't do my taxes or take care of my bank account. 4. I don't much care about the subjects of your flame, but I do care about ease of use and just getting the job done; and I don't think I want to train MBA candidates to think about numerical representations, merely to be able to use the machines.