[Oberon] Math.Mod / compile rrror (to many digits)

[Chris Burrows]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jan Verhoeven [mailto:jan at verhoeven272.nl]
> Sent: Saturday, 12 April 2014 10:19 AM
> To: chris at cfbsoftware.com; ETH Oberon and related systems
> Subject: Re: [Oberon] Math.Mod / compile rrror (to many digits)
> 
> Chris Burrows wrote:
> >> BW,
> >> Volkert
> >> PS: With an "bug or issue tracker" and we all can  see, what bugs are
> >> new, open, fixed ...
> > Where's the fun in that? It's like doing a crossword puzzle and having
> > somebody looking over your shoulder and giving you all the answers.
> 
> Oberon is about fun. No practical use,
> just fun. 

Sigh! I should have known better than to use a colloquial English expression
in an international forum :( 

> > I use a comparison tool to see what has changed and then try to
understand
> > what has been fixed and how it has been fixed. After a very short time
of
> > this sort of exercise you learn how to fix these things yourself,
> 
> Unless the fixing part has completely reformatted the source files and
> then issued his fixes. 

That is not a big problem. The trick is to work with three sets of sources:

1. The last Wirth version that you based your version on. 
2. The latest Wirth version. 
3. Your own version. 

You can then use the difference tool to compare 1 and 2 and apply the
results to 3. 

If you are not already using a 'pretty-printing' code formatting tool I
recommend that you start doing so. 

Regards,

Chris Burrows
CFB Software
http://www.cfbsoftware.com