demillo@uwmacc.UUCP (Rob DeMillo) (04/28/86)
To those who may be curious:
I finally received my copy of MetaCompco PASCAL for the
Atari ST series. It was written by the folks who brought us Lattice C.
I purchased it through Antic Publishing, and, after a series of wierd
experiences with them, it finally arrived in the mail.
Opinion? I like it quite a bit. It is a full ANSI PASCAL implementation
and then some. It does *not* seem to have the limitations that OSS Personal
PASCAL is said to have. Also, it has full access to the VDI and AES libraries.
(As a matter of fact, the calls seem to be directly taken from the Lattice C
VDI and AES calls. That's fine with me since I can use the ABACUS books to
describe the calls in detail.)
It comes with the MetaCompco full screen editor, which - although it
is no EMACS or VI - is quite useful. It also comes with the MetaCompco
linker, which is a full function linker that allows you to do all
sorts of magical things.
The PASCAL compiler also has a switch to allow you to create an object code
that can be linked to object codes created with the C that comes with the
Developer's kit.
All in all, it is a very nice package that allows you to do some
impressive things. And, of course, the price is right at $79.00.
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--- Rob DeMillo
Madison Academic Computer Center
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