levin@bbn.com (Joel B Levin) (09/20/88)
I work in C (mostly), and I have MPW 2.0.2. I don't have Pascal, but
I do occasionally run across some source I'd like to do something
with. (I also have been asked what I might like as a gift "for your
computer". :-))
MPW Pascal is a lot more than I would like to spend for something I
wouldn't use all that much. However, TML Pascal II is available for
$79 (including basic MPW) from places like MacConnection. It is
supposedly completely object compatible with MPW, and I believe it is
supposed to be very nearly source compatible.
The question: is this worth getting? Does anyone have any experience
with the beast? Or are there any known problems? etc. Also, I
wonder if it is available cheaper without MPW, since I don't need it?
Thanks / JBL
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INTERNET: levin@bbn.comdrc@claris.UUCP (Dennis Cohen) (09/20/88)
In article <29823@bbn.COM> levin@BBN.COM (Joel B Levin) writes: >MPW Pascal is a lot more than I would like to spend for something I >wouldn't use all that much. However, TML Pascal II is available for >$79 (including basic MPW) from places like MacConnection. It is >supposedly completely object compatible with MPW, and I believe it is >supposed to be very nearly source compatible. > >The question: is this worth getting? Does anyone have any experience >with the beast? Or are there any known problems? etc. Also, I >wonder if it is available cheaper without MPW, since I don't need it? > TML Pascal II is an excellent product. The only differences that I am aware of are that it doesn't allow constructs such as: CONST foo = 'This is a string.'; bar = foo[3]; { <- This isn't allowed by TML } and that it doesn't do packing beyond the byte level. The code that it generates is on a par with that from the Apple MPW compiler, often better when integer arithmetic is involved (like incrementation of a variable) and its compile speed is far better than that of the Apple product. To the best of my knowledge the only way they ship it is with MPW since they only have to deal with one packaging configuration that way and that savings more than compensates for the cost of three disks and one-half the manual. The Project Manager is a nice tool (kind of like make depend). In short, it's a good product at (comparatively) an excellent price. It's only been out about two weeks now and I haven't had any problems with it, having completed the port of TransSkel, TransDisplay, TransEdit, and Blob Manager to it, with their example programs as well as converting a font editor and some other tools. Everything seems to be working fine at this point. Dennis Cohen Claris Corp. ------------ Disclaimer: Any opinions expressed above are _MINE_!