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- From: exuptr@exu.ericsson.se (exuptr@exu.ericsson.se)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal
- Subject: Re: pascal questions
- Message-ID: <exuptr.562.716429327@exu.ericsson.se>
- Date: 14 Sep 92 00:08:47 GMT
- References: <1992Sep13.997.4414@channel1>
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- In article <1992Sep13.997.4414@channel1> john.lovett@channel1.com (john lovett) writes:
- >I'm using a small compiler / debugger from Borland to learn Pascal. I
- >like it a great deal, and plan at some point to get a full-featured
- >compiler. Being new to this, I have a lot of questions, which I hope
- >net members can answer.
-
- Shoot.
-
- >From reading the net, I have the impression that 'Turbo' Pascal is the
- >standard,
-
- de facto, pretty much
-
- >and that version 6.0 of the compiler is the latest.
-
- 6.0, DOS
- 1.5 Windows
-
- >Do you recommend 6.0 as the best compiler?
-
- For general hacking around, yes.
-
- >Does it have any
- >problems which would make it worthwhile to wait for the next version?
-
- IMHO, No.
-
- >Whatever I get, I have another decision; whether to get the DOS or
- >Windows version. I have DOS 5.0, Windows 3.1, and 4mbyte of RAM, using
- >a 386 machine. Someone told me that running a Windows application
- >allows the application to access more RAM than the DOS version of the
- >application. Is that correct?
-
- In a sense, yes. But it will also use more.
-
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