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- From: kdlee@umn-cs.cs.umn.edu (Kevin D. Lee)
- Subject: Re: MAC Pascal for first year teaching
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- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 20:12:49 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan28.174732.5047@ee.rochester.edu> wengler@ee.rochester.edu (Mikey) writes:
- >In the past we have used Mac Pascal. Why is it unsuitable now?
- >
- >Most recently we used Metrowerks Pascal. This is cheap per copy and
- mes with a site license if you list it as a required book for the
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- I have used Think Pascal with a graphics class and I intend to use it
- this semester in an introductory comp. sci. course. Version 4.0 has an
- instant project window which makes it easy to set up for a vanilla
- Pascal program. Another advantage to think pascal is the generic drawing
- window which will let you easily use QuickDraw routines without the overhead
- of writing a Mac application. The students seem to enjoy using lineto and
- moveto to draw on the screen.
-
- I should mention that Think Pascal is far better then the other option I have
- - VAX Pascal on a mainframe!
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- Kevin Lee
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