samlb@well.UUCP (Samuel B. Bassett) (10/10/87)
In article <150@nancy.UUCP> koster@msudoc.UUCP writes: >[Garf!] ... worst user interface ... I know that I couldn't stand >programming in their language ... you might try Modula-2 from TDI. ***SIGH*** This is a very common criticism of the p-System, from people who grew up using something else -- reminds me of the religious wars about which Editor (vi, ed, emacs, WordStar, what-have-you) is best . . . The guy _did_ ask for UCSD-compatible, after all. A lot of people _do_ like it. I can't speak for the ST implementation, but I do know that the PC implementation has a facility for transferring files from the p-System to DOS and back. Incidentally, files compiled on the ST will run on the PC, Apple, and several other machines with no trouble . . . - - - - - - Disclaimer: I have no financial ties with Pecan (thank God), but I _am_ the current Chaircritter of the UCSD Pascal Users' Society (USUS). -- Sam'l & Susan Bassett: Semantic Engineering & Headhunting for fun & profit. 34 Oakland Ave., San Anselmo CA 94960; DDD: (415) 454-7282 UUCP: {hplabs,ptsfa,lll-crg}!well!samlb; Internet: samlb@well.uucp Compuserve: 71735,1776; WU Easylink ESL 6284-3034; MCI SBassett