[comp.lang.pascal] turbo pascal 5.0 vs. 5.5 vs. 6.0?

tpehrson@javelin.es.com (Tim Clinkenpeel) (03/20/91)

hello.  i currently am programming in turbo pascal 5.0 and was wondering if i
need/ought/should update to 5.5/6.0.  could someone with excessive kindness 
please inform me as to the nature of the revisions/additions/improvements
in 5.5+?
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ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi) (03/21/91)

In article <1991Mar20.150624.27636@javelin.es.com> tpehrson@javelin.sim.es.com writes:
>hello.  i currently am programming in turbo pascal 5.0 and was wondering if i
>need/ought/should update to 5.5/6.0.  could someone with excessive kindness 
>please inform me as to the nature of the revisions/additions/improvements
>in 5.5+?

We had a lengthy discussion on this subject about 1-2 months ago in
this group.  Some (but not all) of the angles can be found in
/pc/ts/tsfaq17d.arc, available by anonymous ftp from garbo.uwasa.fi
archives. 

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