Hello Kim.

18 Feb 98 07:21, Kim Lykkegaard wrote to Roger Scudder:

SH>>> Any one else experiencing this problem?

RS>> I have observed some really weird behavior with the lastread
RS>> pointer in ver4.20 beta 3, but I don't that exact thing happening.
RS>> Due to the fact that many people are having problems with the
RS>> lastread pointer and the outcome is often different for different
RS>> people, I would say the behavior could best be described as
RS>> undefined ( unwieldy, unreasonable, definitely undesirable ;-) ).

KL> Well I don't agree - Yes there _is_ bugs, _but_ they are not random, there 
KL> _is_ a system ,-)

 Where do you see me use the word random above?  Don't put words
 in my mouth... unless of course you don't know the difference
 between undefined and random.   I have reported behavior that no
 one else has seen.  I have also seen others report behavior that
 others running the same setup did not experience.

 It remains to be seen if the fixes you make that work for you will
 work on everyone elses systems.   If you can't reproduce behavior
 that some else experiences, how can you fix that bug?

 IMHO, beta 3 is very sloppy and never should have been released to
 the general public.   It should have been tested by a small group
 of testers for at least 60 days.

KL> Lets not make the error bigger that they are ,-)

 I don't think I did...  I like you to point out phrases in my text
 where I do that.   The bugs are not all clear cut and defined.
 different people experience different things.  That is all I wrote.
 And that is not an exaggeration.  It's the truth.

 -Roger

... 'If it ain't broke, you can probably still fix it.' - Tim Allen

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