gjb@unirot.UUCP (Greg Brail) (01/29/86)
From the pages of the Jan. 27, 1986 InfoWorld, buried on
p.15, under the headline, "Borland Has Reflex-Type AI Product:"
"At the Macworld and Apple II World Exposition, Borland announced two
language products, Turbo Pascal for the Macintosh and Turbo Modula-2
for CP/M environments, as a well as a $99.95 combination package that
bundles Sidekick for the Macintosh with Phonelink.
"Phonelink is a hardware accessory that enables Sidekick users to
dial out without the use of the modem while simultaneously working on
another application.
"Turbo Pascal for the Macintosh is the second program Borland has
released for that machine. According to Kahn, three programmers were
involved in the year-long development of that product. The Macintosh
version, like the original Turbo Pascal for IBM PCs and compatibles,
expedites the Pascal programming process. [in other words, it's a
Pascal compiler - gjb]
"The release of Turbo Pascal reflects our commitment to the
Macintosh," said [President Phillipe] Kahn.
The rest of this stuff sounds neat, but the Turbo Pascal for the Mac
is what I'm really interested in. However, this was all buried five
paragraphs beneath a different headline. It seems to me that the
release of a Pascal compiler the the Mac from the maker of the most
popular Pascal compiler around (I think) would be fairly major news,
considering it has been rumored for about a year now.
Anyway, how about some questions:
Does it really exist, or is it coming "Real Soon Now?"
Is it as fast (or faster) that IBM Turbo?
Is it as good a compiler as the TML compiler?
We'll see.
-Greg
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USNAIL : Don't bother.garym@telesoft.UUCP (Gary Morris @favorite) (02/03/86)
> "At the Macworld and Apple II World Exposition, Borland announced two > language products, Turbo Pascal for the Macintosh ... > > Does it really exist, or is it coming "Real Soon Now?" According to Borland customer service (408-438-8400) Turbo Pascal for the Macintosh hasn't been released yet, no exact release date but 2nd quarter 1986 is likely. No price, no other information is available. All they would do it take my name & address and promise to send me information "when it becomes available". Hmmm, 2nd qtr 86, I think that translates to "maybe this year". --GaryM -- Gary Morris -- seismo!s3sun!gould9!telesoft!garym decvax!ucbvax!sdcsvax!telesoft!garym telesoft!garym@sdcsvax.ARPA "Always listen to experts. They'll tell you what can't be done and why. Then do it." -- Lazarus Long