fwellan@hub.cs.jmu.edu (fred welland) (03/24/91)
I have heard much talk about turbo pascal for windows. But I want some answers... I took the initiative and called Borland for some info. This is what I got: 1. Tpascal is a Full fledged windows app. 2. Tpascal will generate windows apps. 3. No DOS compiler is included with the package. 4. Tpascal upgrades from Turbo Pascal 5.0 Prof. is $99 + p/h. The operator I spoke with did not seem very knowlegable about the product. The only thing I will bet my money on is the upgrade fee. If anybody has heard/seen/used Tpascal for Windows, let me (us) know what you think. fred fwellan@hub.cs.jmu.edu -cp
mcovingt@athena.cs.uga.edu (Michael A. Covington) (03/25/91)
PC Week has had a preliminary review. Basically, you have 3 ways to generate WinApps: (1) Use the Windows API, all of which is there. (2) Use Turbo's own object-oriented programming system, which is an outgrowth of the object-oriented user interfaces in Turbo Pascal 6.0. This is, for most purposes, much more concise and equally powerful. (3) You can even use writeln, readln, etc., to do a textual interaction in a window. (I.e., use a window like the screen of an ordinary computer.) This is very concise but not very Windows-ish. You can combine this with Windows API calls, or just take a straight Pascal program and run it. -- ------------------------------------------------------- Michael A. Covington | Artificial Intelligence Programs The University of Georgia | Athens, GA 30602 U.S.A. -------------------------------------------------------