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From: bjm@otter.stat.umn.edu (Bret J. Musser)
Subject: Re: xlisp-stat versions-differences w/ system?
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In article <Pine.SOL.3.91.950208150320.9894C-100000@dale>, Arleen Feng
<ez043419@peseta.ucdavis.edu> wrote:
> A bunch of us are using xlispstat in a class on analysis of ecological
> data.  It seems that users on some systems can get away with looser
> syntax, e.g. our instructor on UNIX can use read-data-columns without an
> argument giving the number of columns, but I on Windows 3.1 must provide
> it (I'm using 16-bit v. 3.44; I don't know his exact version).  He seems
> to get similar leeway on a Mac, and there are reports that the 16-bit and
> 32-bit versions have some differences also.  Most of us are novices, so the
> above is the only concrete example I have.
>
> Any explanation/enlightening comments?


Hmmm... not entirely sure about your problem, but have your instructor
download 3.45 (or do it yourself), which was released for Windows to fix
some important bugs in that implementation.

ftp://ftp.stat.umn.edu/pub/xlispstat/

(Or just "stat.umn.edu" if your nameserver doesn't have the changed name
yet.)

In theory, all three versions should be the "same," at least when it
comes to basic functionality.  (Obviously, there will be minor user
interface differences and there are some differences in the way memory
is allocated, just by the difference in OS.)  If you still have problems
with the Windows 3.45 (or higher) version, please write.

Bret Musser
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