iav1917@ritcv.UUCP (alan i. vymetalik) (06/03/86)
["Oh, give me a home where the line eaters roam!]
Here's a question to all you "insiders" out there in netland:
I am interested in finding out any information anyone knows
regarding the upcoming release of Borland's Turbo Pascal V4.0.
I recently wrote to the Technical Support people at Borland
officially through my software/consulting company: AVSD, Ltd.
Unfortunately, either the mail has been lost or the folks at
Borland are busier than Santa's Elves for I have not received
any kind of reply (yet). I am going to write them again soon but
I thought I'd increase my chances by asking out on the net.
I am looking for information regarding the new version's possible
capabilities, such as large-memory (>64K) addressing for both
data and code, possible optimization option for the compiler,
linkable .OBJ code generation similar to Turbo Prolog, handling
of extremely large disk files (>= 16M), and other related topics.
In other words, is Borland going to turn Turbo Pascal into a
full-blown Pascal compiler? I think they've proven the speed
so let's see the capabilities! Also, when are they going to
release it?
I am looking for this information due to the need of developing
several large systems and software packages that excede the
current capabilities of Turbo Pascal. I also need to modify
and change current software to adapt to the larger resource
requirements. I happen to personally like Turbo Pascal and its
capabilities and would prefer not to have to rewrite everything
I've already done. If Version 4.0 will not be supporting at
least the larger memory feature, I will be forced to proceed
with development under "C" (a good choice) or, possibly, FORTRAN
(arrg!).
As always, thanks are appreciated in advance,
Alan
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In article <9779@ritcv.UUCP> iav1917@ritcv.UUCP (alan i. vymetalik) writes: > > I am interested in finding out any information anyone knows > regarding the upcoming release of Borland's Turbo Pascal V4.0. I've heard rumors that Borland was developing new compilers for C, and Modula-II as well as Pascal. I first heard this about the end last summer. More recently, (with the announcement of Turbo Prolog) I've heard that these compilers were put on the backburner to allow the release of the Prolog system. (I'm not sure whether this was due a reorganization of manpower or (more likely) a marketing ploy to prevent oversaturation of the market (too many products introduced at one time) - I've heard rumors that release of a new sidekick was put off for exactly this latter reason) As far as I can remember, the new compilers should cover most of your wishes (i.e. optimization, OBJ files, large memory models - not sure about large file I/O but if there is .OBJ support you can build your own routines and link them in.) It seems that all of the new compilers share the same core program (i.e. the interface used in Prolog with the multiple windows). What I would like to know is: Have the people at Borland included a program developmenmt environment to their compilers OR at least allow compilation to be invoked at the DOS command prompt level like most other compilers (i.e. A> turbo program1)? | |----> Read this paragraph as allows a "MAKE" facility Also, can anyone backup (or refute) these rumors? -- Eric A. Raymond UUCP: ...decvax!mcnc!duke!ear
bcn@mtuni.UUCP (Bernice Neuman) (06/17/86)
> In article <9779@ritcv.UUCP> iav1917@ritcv.UUCP (alan i. vymetalik) writes: > > > > I am interested in finding out any information anyone knows > > regarding the upcoming release of Borland's Turbo Pascal V4.0. > > > I've heard rumors that Borland was developing new compilers for C, > and Modula-II as well as Pascal. I first heard this about the end > last summer. More recently, (with the announcement of Turbo Prolog) > I've heard that these compilers were put on the backburner to allow > the release of the Prolog system. (I'm not sure whether this was due > a reorganization of manpower or (more likely) a marketing ploy to > prevent oversaturation of the market (too many products introduced > at one time) - I've heard rumors that release of a new sidekick was > put off for exactly this latter reason) > > > As far as I can remember, the new compilers should cover most of > your wishes (i.e. optimization, OBJ files, large memory models - > not sure about large file I/O but if there is .OBJ support you can > build your own routines and link them in.) It seems that all of > the new compilers share the same core program (i.e. the interface > used in Prolog with the multiple windows). > > > What I would like to know is: > > Have the people at Borland included a program developmenmt > environment to their compilers OR at least allow compilation > to be invoked at the DOS command prompt level like most other > compilers (i.e. A> turbo program1)? > | > |----> Read this paragraph as allows a "MAKE" facility > > > Also, can anyone backup (or refute) these rumors? > > > > > > > > > > -- > Eric A. Raymond UUCP: ...decvax!mcnc!duke!ear