Re: Transcript arithmetic

2005-07-01 Thread John Ridge
Thanks, Ken- you're right, of course. Transcript seems not to penalise sloppiness, so it's easy not to notice that one has left out parentheses. Wouldn't it be better if the IDE tightened up on this sort of thing? It's worrying that code can work in the IDE but quietly fail in a standalone. > I s

Very Humble Pie - [was Re: Transcript arithmetic]

2005-07-01 Thread John Ridge
The server upgrade cut me off for a while, which is just as well. In the interval, I have realised that my post claiming that I had found an inconsistency in Transcript between IDE and standalones was... well, actually, I was totally and embarrassingly WRONG. So please accept my apologies for wast

Re: Transcript arithmetic

2005-07-01 Thread John Ridge
(apologies it this is duplicate post - access problems after the server upgrade?) Thanks, Ken- you're right, of course. Transcript seems not to penalise sloppiness, so it's easy not to notice that one has left out parentheses. Wouldn't it be better if the IDE tightened up on this sort of thing?

Re: Transcript arithmetic

2005-06-27 Thread Ken Ray
On 6/27/05 5:03 AM, "John Ridge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I should emphasise that it's a standalone problem - it fails when compiled > for Mac OS 9 as well as Windows. Are there known issues like this with the > syntax of Transcript when compiled into a standalone? If so, I'd appreciate > a p

Transcript arithmetic

2005-06-27 Thread John Ridge
I've just hit something that seems to me very weird. I'd appreciate any thoughts. The (tiny) problem is to calculate the interest due on a sum of common-law compensation - our client X paid certain sums over a period; the court has now agreed that they should not have been required to pay. OK, th