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\centerline{\bf Jacal Release Notes}\par
Using divide to divide a polynomial by an integer is busted.
The command {\bf eliminate} only performs correctly when the number of
variables to eliminate is one less than the number of equations.
In the future, the eliminate command will be enhanced by the use of Groebner
basis calculations which will allow more general elimination problems to
be handled.
One cannot at the present time use {\bf factor} to factor general
polynomials. It does some but not all.
The command {\bf example} apparently executes the example it gives. This
can lead to unpredictable results if the variables and constants in the
example have already been given values by the user.
The function {\bf minor} should be modified to accept lists for $<row>$
and $<col>$.
Resultant might be modified to
compute the resultant of a system of polynomials with respect
to a list of variables.
\centerline{\bf Failures of Error Recovery}\par
calling poly\b{\ }discriminant with only 1 argument.