[comp.object] Turbo Pascal -- Is it worth it for home use?

noren@dinl.uucp (Charles Noren) (05/30/90)

I have two coupons from Borland.  One to upgrade to C++, the
other to upgrade my ancient-never-used copy of Turbo Pascal.
I'm a C bigot, so I will upgrade to C++, but I'm curious
about Turbo Pascal 5.5, in particular its object extensions.
How are these extensions similar/different to objects in
C++ and/or Smalltalk?  I'm interested in TP 5.5 if its
Object Oriented paradigm is sufficiently different from TC++.

Please answer by e-mail. If there is sufficient interest I'll
post a summary.
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noren@dinl.uucp (Charles Noren) (06/01/90)

Thanks for the replies.  The basic consensus is that the
Object Oriented paradigm for Turbo Pascal is very similar to
Turbo C++.  Since I have a C orientation I will stay with
my original plans to purchase only an upgrade to TC++ and spare the
expense of upgrading to TP5.5.  With this I do not wish to imply that
Turbo Pascal is an inferior product, the contrary is true.
Thanks again.


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Chuck Noren
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US-MAIL: Martin Marietta I&CS, MS XL8058, P.O. Box 1260,
         Denver, CO 80201-1260
Phone:   (303) 971-7930