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#HELP! (CoComm)

    11-Jul-88 12:22:08
Sb: #134122-#HELP! (CoComm)
Fm: Black Belt Systems 76004,1771
To: Henry Colonna 74726,3216
Oh, no, Henry… I update MY software more often than almost _anybody_. Ask around here… go ahead. <grin>. BUT! I do NOT update my software because of a constant stream of bugs. Now and then, I find one, I kill it. But mostly I just add features. I'm well known among my programminng/engineering peers to have terminal (sic) feature-itis. PCLO has been thru 25 revisions… PCLOplus thru 20… Scheme thru 9… CoComm thru 37… No, I would hardly say I don't revise my stuff, nor do I object to revisions. It's Bugs, constant, annoying bugs, that I object to. Especially those that persist even though there is a known way to produce them… For instance, although I reported those problems to WP _weeks_ ago, no fix. Not a _my_ problem anymore, but still, it's annoying. Henry, currently, I have _one_ "wild" bug, and it's in the Scheme package. I have yet to produce it on demand, and suspect certain things, but can't prove/reproduce it. It's the bane of my programming existance, Henry – I hate that bug, and I'm going to boil it in lead when I catch it… Metaphorically, that means me. <grin>. SInce I _caused_ it, more than likely. Anyway don't think 94 against revisions. Far from it. –Ben–