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|    mark lewis to Tony Master    |
|    turbo pascal 7.1 but borland 7.0    |
|    30 Nov 16 07:47:08    |
      19 Nov 16 13:01, you wrote to All:               TM> does any one know what was added to turbo 7.1 they could not add to        TM> borland 7.0 to update it as well?              version updates like that are generally not adding anything but fixing       things... i'm not aware of a 7.1 but there is a 7.01 that fixes the following       problems...                     1. Some range and overflow checks with byte and shortint which were       implemented incorrectly in both the RTL and TurboVision.              2. A bug involving the shift (SHL and SHR) instructions for longint operands       with shift values between 16 and 31 gave wrong results when run on a 386/486       (and maybe a Pentium) processor.              3. GetDir did not return an invalid drive error (error 15) when called with a       nonexistent drive.              4. For programs compiled with $N+, there was a problem with properly       identifying/differentiating true INFs and NaNs.              5. The EXP function when used for very small REAL arguments could signal       overflow rather than underflow to zero.              6. There was some sort of problem converting denormals to true zeros when       using an 8087 coprocessor.              7. Denormals in EXTENDED format were not properly converted to decimals by the       Str and Write routines.              8. Initialization routines did not check properly so as to prevent programs       compiled for the 286 with $G+ directive from running on an 8086/88.                     7.01 was a silent maintenance release...                      TM> the 7.1 is using tpx.exe any reason ?              tpx.exe is simply an enhanced DOS IDE that uses DPMI for access to more memory       for a larger workspace to edit files, compile and link... aside from that, it       is the same as turbo.exe...                     )\/(ark              Always Mount a Scratch Monkey       Do you manage your own servers? If you are not running an IDS/IPS yer doin' it       wrong...       ... And God said, "Let there be light. Zap... Look Adam, An APPLE!"       ---        * Origin: (1:3634/12.73)    |
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