19 Nov 16 13:01, you wrote to All:

 TM> does any one know what was added to turbo 7.1 they could not add to
 TM> borland 7.0 to update it as well?

version updates like that are generally not adding anything but fixing
things... i'm not aware of a 7.1 but there is a 7.01 that fixes the following
problems...


1. Some range and overflow checks with byte and shortint which were
implemented incorrectly in both the RTL and TurboVision.

2. A bug involving the shift (SHL and SHR) instructions for longint operands
with shift values between 16 and 31 gave wrong results when run on a 386/486
(and maybe a Pentium) processor.

3. GetDir did not return an invalid drive error (error 15) when called with a
nonexistent drive.

4. For programs compiled with $N+, there was a problem with properly
identifying/differentiating true INFs and NaNs.

5. The EXP function when used for very small REAL arguments could signal
overflow rather than underflow to zero.

6. There was some sort of problem converting denormals to true zeros when
using an 8087 coprocessor.

7. Denormals in EXTENDED format were not properly converted to decimals by the
Str and Write routines.

8. Initialization routines did not check properly so as to prevent programs
compiled for the 286 with $G+ directive from running on an 8086/88.


7.01 was a silent maintenance release...


 TM> the 7.1 is using tpx.exe any reason ?

tpx.exe is simply an enhanced DOS IDE that uses DPMI for access to more memory
for a larger workspace to edit files, compile and link... aside from that, it
is the same as turbo.exe...


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