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.TITLE  <DECUS <DEC<SYSTEM-10 ^LIBRARY ^PROGRAM ^REVIEW ^PROCEDURE
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<DECUS <DEC<SYSTEM-10 ^LIBRARY ^PROGRAM ^REVIEW ^PROCEDURE
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^CHECK THE CONTENTS OF THE ENCLOSED TAPE TO INSURE THAT ALL FILES LISTED ON THE
DISK DIRECTORY LISTING ARE IN FACT PRESENT.  ^IF NOT, RETURN THE TAPE
IMMEDIATELY WITH A NOTE SPECIFYING THE PROBLEM.
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^EXAMINE THE DOCUMENTATION AND CHECK THE TAPE FOR A MACHINE-READABLE VERSION.
^MAKE SURE THERE ARE INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPILING AND LOADING THE PROGRAM
IF IT CONSISTS OF MORE THAN ONE FILE.
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^COMPILE AND LOAD THE PROGRAM.  ^NOTE ANY ERROR MESSAGES DURING THIS PROCEDURE.  ^IF
IT WILL NOT PRODUCE A "<.SHR" OR ".<SAV" MODULE, DON'T FEEL 
COMPELLED TO WORK ON THE PROGRAM FURTHER.  ^IF YOU DO TRY TO TRACK
DOWN PROBLEMS, PLEASE KEEP A GOOD RECORD OF YOUR ACTIVITY SO YOUR PROBLEMS AND
SOLUTIONS CAN BE SENT BACK TO THE CONTRIBUTOR.
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^IF THERE ARE SAMPLE DATA WITH THE PROGRAM, TEST THE PROGRAM OUT
WITH THE DATA FILES.  ^IN ANY CASE, TRY TO DEVELOP YOUR OWN TEST
CONDITIONS.  ^IN TESTING THE PROGRAM, NOTE ANY ERROR CONDITIONS OR UNDOCUMENTED
ERROR MESSAGES.  ^IF POSSIBLE, RETURN A RECORD OF THIS ACTIVITY WITH
THE REVIEW IF THERE ARE PROBLEMS WITH THE PROGRAM.
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^WHEN YOU ARE SATISFIED THAT YOU'VE TESTED THE PROGRAM WITHIN REASONABLE
LIMITS OF YOUR TIME, PREPARE THE REVIEW FORM.  ^THIS CAN BE DONE IN ONE OF
TWO WAYS:
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^A.	^FILL OUT THE REVIEW FORM.
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^B.	^RUN <DECREV (A <FORTRAN-10/FOROTS PROGRAM) AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS
IT ASKS.  ^NOTE THAT YOU SHOULD NOT TYPE PAST COLUMN 80 IN REPLYING TO ITS
QUESTIONS, SO YOU MIGHT
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^^.TTY WIDTH 80\\
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BEFORE RUNNING THE PROGRAM IF YOU ARE WORKING ON A WIDER TERMINAL.  ^WHEN YOU HAVE
FINISHED ANSWERING QUESTIONS, FILE <DEC<NNN.<RNO WILL HAVE BEEN CREATED, WHERE
"NNN" IS THE LIBRARY CATALOG NUMBER OF THE PROGRAM YOU HAVE REVIEWED.
^PLEASE PRODUCE A PAPERTAPE COPY OF THIS FILE AND LABEL IT WITH THE FILE NAME.  
^PRODUCE A HARDCOPY LISTING OF YOUR REVIEW BY GIVING THE "<.RNO" FILE
TO <RUNOFF.  ^USE OF <DECREV WILL GREATLY ACCELERATE THE WHOLE REVIEW
PROCEDURE, SINCE WE PLAN TO DISTRIBUTE REVIEW FILES WITH THE PROGRAMS.
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^IN THE LAST QUESTION ON THE REVIEW, WHICH REQUESTS GENERAL COMMENTS, YOU
MIGHT SUGGEST WHETHER OR NOT THE PROGRAM SHOULD BE ADDED TO THE LIBRARY.
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^PLEASE RETURN THE MAGNETIC TAPE AND ".<RNO" PAPERTAPE OR REVIEW FORM TO ME 
AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AFTER YOU'VE FINISHED THE REVIEW.  ^MY ADDRESS IS:
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^H. ^D. ^TODD
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^COMPUTING ^CENTER
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^WESLEYAN ^UNIVERSITY
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^MIDDLETOWN, ^C^T  06457
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^THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP.
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