peter@aucs.uucp (Peter Steele) (12/01/89)
A friend of mine is thinking of buying a Mac for herself and her
daughter. However, she is also considering taking a computer
science degree here at the university (she's currently the
Computer Centre Operator). The School of Computer Science
is largely PC oriented in its programming courses, and of
course programming PCs and programming Macs are quite different.
What I would like to know is which of the different programming
environments for Pascal could be used to act most "PC like" on a Mac.
My first impression would be MPW Pascal as this is a line-oriented
system. However, I've never used MPW so I can't say for sure. I
have used Aztec-C and I could program that just like I was using
a standard line-oriented PC or Unix system. To write a quick and
dirty program in this system I didn't have to worry about the
Mac Toolbox at all. If MPW-Pascal has this ability, or some other
system out there has this capability, this is what is needed.
Turbo Pascal might also be a possibility as it appears to be
quite compatible with Turbo Pascal on the PC, which is what the
School of Computer Science uses. However, Borland seems to have
given up on the Mac and I'd have a hard time recommending the
product. Also, since C is used in 2nd and 3rd year courses, the
same sort of thing is needed for C, and MPW C might do the
trick if it is like Aztec C.
Note: I've rejected Think Pascal because it is too non-standard
as far as its Pascal syntax is concerned.
So, can someone give me some ideas here. Any thoughts would be
appreciated. Thanks!
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Peter Steele, Microcomputer Applications Analyst
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