MSJLE@ECNCDC.BITNET (Sarah Jane) (06/13/90)
If you're comparing the two for educational purposes, here is one point to keep in mind: The Logitech compiler WIU has for student use will not run on a PC which is also connected to a LAN, it conflicts somehow with the LAN software. Topspeed, on the other had, is the main tool we use for writing Novell utilities! If you use LANS at your school, go for Topspeed. Another minor point: It is quite easy for students to move from Turbo Pascal to JPI as the editors and general layout are similiar. Moving to Logitech isn't as easy. JPI's Tutorial Manual is a condensed (and JPI specific) version of the text (nuts, its at the office) WIU uses for teaching Modula and makes a nice companion to the text for the JPI libraries. Joi Ellis msjle@ecncdc SRP - WIU
dwa@sdacs.ucsd.edu (Don Anderson) (06/13/90)
In article <INFO-M2%90061308092490@UCF1VM.BITNET>, MSJLE@ECNCDC.BITNET (Sarah Jane) writes: > If you're comparing the two for educational purposes, here is one point > to keep in mind: The Logitech compiler WIU has for student use will not run > on a PC which is also connected to a LAN, it conflicts somehow with the LAN > software. Topspeed, on the other had, is the main tool we use for writing > Novell utilities! If you use LANS at your school, go for Topspeed. We use Logitech's compiler on PC's attached to a LAN. This is a TCP/IP based LAN, where the PC's run SUN's PC-NFS and the student's files are maintained on a UNIX server (which means that students can log in from home and edit, even if they can't compile on the server). The NFS device driver uses too much memory to allow the use of the "Point" editor, but otherwise the students are quite happy with this setup. We have them use the MKS "vi" editor on the PC. On our campus, Novell LANS are confined to the administration, so we academics have no experience with them. Guess that what is best depends on your circumstances. ... stuff deleted ... > > Joi Ellis > msjle@ecncdc > SRP - WIU
DUG@CZHETH5A.BITNET (06/28/90)
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Author: AEOLUS::NOTES9B "Wehrli Christoph"
Topic 965.1
Time: 27-JUN-1990 18:26 ZRH
-< Better still >-
If you are fond of PMD, you *should* have a look at RTD, it saves
you a lot, if not all, of those HALT statements. Especially since
the new version 3.4 with breakpoint and decode windows, it has be-
come a really nifty tool. I used it since about one year (beta ver-
sion) and would not miss it.
chwehrli@czheth1a.bitnet.