On Mon, 1 Dec 2008 13:36:22 -0800 (PST), Wimpie
wrote:

Regarding stability issues, some people also advised me to use the
Unix/Linux program instead of the windows port. So I still have to
do some investigation, as I do not have a machine with Linux on it.

Hi Wim,

Unix/Linux is all fine and well, but if the package is OS sensitive,
then that package is suspect in its own right. The OS has (should
have) nothing to do with the libraries that perform the computations.

Your aversion to VB is well founded in shared libraries (I presume,
however, your aversion is for coding, but the visceral response is
true to form).

Going back 25 years ago when I was designing FFTs. I wholly abandoned
MS whose expensive compiler and math libraries (upwards to $600) were
abysmal in comparison to the $50 TurboPascal product.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC