winkler@harvard.ARPA (Dan Winkler) (08/14/85)
How do you tell what all those interesting looking files on Simtel20 are? Does anyone have descriptions of them? I'm interested in any public domain languages that might be there. I haven't found any yet. I'm using an Otrona Attache, by the way. I have a Pascal program written on an Apple II with UCSD Pascal that I want to run on my Attache. It seems a shame to buy a compiler to compile a single program, but if I can't find any public domain language that is reasonably similiar to Pascal (even basic would be OK), that's what I'll have to do. Any recommendations for a CP/M Pascal? Thanks!
melmoy@NPRDC.ARPA (Mel Moy) (08/15/85)
There was a request about what CP/M based Pascal is suitable for human consumption. Turbo Pascal from Borland International comes about as close to being the public domain software you need as anything else. Its low price to performance ratio makes Turbo Pascal an excellent bargain. The cleanup necessary to go from UCSD Pascal to Turbo shouldn't give too much difficulty.
lowans.wbst@XEROX.ARPA (08/19/85)
Dan TURBO Pascal by Borland Int. is a very good Pascal and follows the UCSD standard. In the current BYTE ad it sells for $69.95. Paul
swillett%ucbamber.CC@ucb-vax.ARPA (08/21/85)
I don't know what discussion I caught the tail end of with the message about TURBO Pascal, but it does not follow the UCSD standard. I use and highly recommend TURBO Pascal, but it has some distinct non standard characteristics, including the fact the the standard I/O procedures "get" and "put" are not implemented in TURBO and instead there are extended "read" and "write" procedures. For more info see Dr. Dobb's Journal #105 (july 85).