Thnx Allin :)))) You're right...the sample size is still small and thus not representative ;)You can count on my help! For now I will continue with checking my computer for possible errors.Manny
> Date: Fri, 3 May 2013 20:20:17 -0400 > From: cottrell(a)wfu.edu > To: gretl-users(a)lists.wfu.edu > Subject: Re: [Gretl-users] Gretl crashes > > On Fri, 3 May 2013, Manny B wrote: > > > As I just said to Allin, don t worry Sven! The problem is > > obviously in my Windows. I will work on another pc. Thnx for the > > effort! We found that only I have the problem so everything if > > fine with gretl :) > > Hold on -- we're econometricians; I'm grateful to Yi-Nung and Sven > for testing, but a sample size of 3 cannot yield definitive results. > Some bugs are sneaky, only manifesting themselves under certain > conditions. If we had 10 tests on Windows XP with only one report of > crashing, I would be much happier. > > It's tempting to say that XP is very old by now (released 11.5 years > ago) so why should we bother, but it's (still) currently the second > most widely used personal computer operating system after Windows 7. > So I take seriously any suggestion that current gretl is unstable on > XP; I'd very much like to find out what -- if anything -- is wrong > with our gtk stack as packaged for Windows. > > Allin > _______________________________________________ > Gretl-users mailing list > Gretl-users(a)lists.wfu.edu > http://lists.wfu.edu/mailman/listinfo/gretl-users
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Thnx Allin :)))) You're right...the sample size is still small and thus not representative ;)
You can count on my help! For now I will continue with checking my computer for possible errors. Manny > Date: Fri, 3 May 2013 20:20:17 -0400 > From: cottr...@wfu.edu > To: gretl-us...@lists.wfu.edu > Subject: Re: [Gretl-users] Gretl crashes > > On Fri, 3 May 2013, Manny B wrote: > > > As I just said to Allin, don t worry Sven! The problem is > > obviously in my Windows. I will work on another pc. Thnx for the > > effort! We found that only I have the problem so everything if > > fine with gretl :) > > Hold on -- we're econometricians; I'm grateful to Yi-Nung and Sven > for testing, but a sample size of 3 cannot yield definitive results. > Some bugs are sneaky, only manifesting themselves under certain > conditions. If we had 10 tests on Windows XP with only one report of > crashing, I would be much happier. > > It's tempting to say that XP is very old by now (released 11.5 years > ago) so why should we bother, but it's (still) currently the second > most widely used personal computer operating system after Windows 7. > So I take seriously any suggestion that current gretl is unstable on > XP; I'd very much like to find out what -- if anything -- is wrong > with our gtk stack as packaged for Windows. > > Allin > _______________________________________________ > Gretl-users mailing list > gretl-us...@lists.wfu.edu > http://lists.wfu.edu/mailman/listinfo/gretl-users |
