.bk A09
.fl M912jw.j
.fd daily journal for M912
.fn evaluation of computer programs
.ei jw
.ed M912
.rd M912
.ri jw

-dy jlw ran a brief test on the new program J46.a, gb rewrote to address several issues in the use of an earlier version, J44.i.  jlw seemed to experience problems in processing feature logs with the earlier version of the program.  The problem was that it appeared to prepare incomplete entries for each feature, stopping at the first elevation in each case, while also attempting to process any entry beginning with the letter "m" as a marker file.  Yesterday, jlw rushed a test on the new program which appeared to exhibit the same problems.  However, when he ran it this morning under more controlled conditions, it proceseed a very large feature log file perfectly.  So, the initial conclusion is that the program is working as it should.  jlw will attempt to run another set of files using J44.i to see if the problem was "operator error" all along.