Who wrote this program

The XCALC program is written by

Bernt Ribbum

Greverudhagan 4

1415 Oppegård

Norway

 

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This is one of the very first programs I have ever written for MS Windows, and I have learned a lot during the development. Thanks to Borland C++ (Versions 2.0, 3.1, 5.0 and C++ Builder 5.5) writing the program has been fun, and I am happy to share it with anyone who will use it (not the source code...).

Well, I have also used various versions of Visual C++ for debugging purposes, but long double is still not supported by that compiler, so releasing a version compiled with that is out of the question. Unfortunately, the GNU MinGW system is also broken. It uses microsoft run-time libraries to format numbers, and can therefore not format a long double properly. Otherwise I might have used that compiler to generate release versions.

Don't send me any money, but do send me – or a postcard, and tell me if you like the program. Please also tell me where you found your first XCALC version. I would appreciate any constructive feedback (and you must shout me a beer the next time you visit Norway).

One more thing: XCALC is written in C. Not C++. There is not a class in sight. The lack of class libraries is one of the reasons XCALC still has a relatively small footprint, and I intend to keep it that way!

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