chupa@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (Michael A Chupa) (02/26/90)
Has a multifinder-aware/friendly version of Turbo Pascal been released? I can run the editor, but I cannot compile/execute under Multifinder. Or should I just trash Borland's Pascal (which they seem to have abandoned) and get something better? Recommendations? (I am particularly interested in a system that novice student programmers will not flounder with). -- Mike Chupa (302) 575-0550 The time has come, the Math/CS Department (302) 984-0498 Walrus said, to talk of Tower Hill School CI$: 73447,2266 many things...but my ideas Wilmington, DE 19806 chupa@vax1.acs.udel.edu are the only ones you hear!
ez000453@deneb (02/28/90)
Yes, Turbo Pascal for the Mac is a pain and is extremely limited... BUT, I can explain how to use it to a group of non-programmers within a single class period. I'd hate to think how long it would take to go through LSP or others. TP is very plain but there are instances when it is good enough. Take my case, for instance. Some students have learned Pascal on the university VAXs and aren't familiar with memory management etc.., With TP, I can take their example code from the VAX, download it to a Mac, and compile right away. Saves me a lot of hassle. oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo o COLIN ONG Dept. Land, Air & Water Resources o o cgong@ucdavis.edu University of California, Davis CA 95616 o o ez000453@deneb.ucdavis.edu FULLY DISCLAIMED! o
siegel@endor.harvard.edu (Rich Siegel) (03/01/90)
In article <6876@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> ez000453@deneb () writes: >Yes, Turbo Pascal for the Mac is a pain and is extremely limited... >BUT, I can explain how to use it to a group of non-programmers within a >single class period. I'd hate to think how long it would take to go >through LSP or others. TP is very plain but there are instances when it is >good enough. Take my case, for instance. Some students have learned Pascal You might try Macintosh Pascal 3.0; it pioneered the prettyprinter which is used in THINK Pascal, and you can create single-file interpreted Pascal programs very quickly. And it works under MultiFinder. I admit a bias because I wrote it, but it's a good program in spite of that. :-) R. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rich Siegel Staff Software Developer Symantec Corporation, Language Products Group Internet: siegel@endor.harvard.edu UUCP: ..harvard!endor!siegel "When someone who makes four hundred and fifty dollars an hour wants to tell you something for free, it's a good idea to listen." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~