Date   : Mon, 10 Jun 1991 12:48:14 GMT
From   : cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!csc.ti.com!ti-csl!tilde.csc.ti.com!ticipa!tifsim.pac.sc.ti.com!stinson@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Jim Stinson)
Subject: Re: PL/I compiler

Digital Research's PL/I compiler was very screwed up. After buying the compiler
for $600 - $500, and sending in the registration form, they set a list of about
50 or more bugs with it. Things like A = A * B where A and B were floating
point numbers messed up the stack and you program would eventually dump. 
X = 105331 where X is an integer, would assign 15331, that is, the comiler
would drop 0's from integer constants from time to time. There were others,
I don't remember them all, I just could not believe some one would sell a
compiler for so much knowing it did not work and wouldn't give refunds. 

    Jim Stinson  stinson@tifsim.csc.ti.com, @tifsim.pac.sc.ti.com