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- From: ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi)
- Subject: Re: pascal questions
- Message-ID: <1992Sep14.022905.21534@uwasa.fi>
- Organization: University of Vaasa, Finland
- References: <1992Sep13.997.4414@channel1>
- Distribution: comp
- Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 02:29:05 GMT
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- In article <1992Sep13.997.4414@channel1> "john lovett" <john.lovett@channel1.com> writes:
- >From reading the net, I have the impression that 'Turbo' Pascal is the
- >standard, and that version 6.0 of the compiler is the latest. Is that
-
- For MsDos, yes.
-
- >correct? Do you recommend 6.0 as the best compiler? Does it have any
-
- You'll probably get mixed feelings about that with respect to the
- most useful version number.
-
- >problems which would make it worthwhile to wait for the next version?
-
- In fact I would rather recommend going backwards to 5.5 because 6.0
- can be quite cumbersome. On the other hand it can easily
- incorporate assembler code, etc. For a fuller discussion of the
- pros and cons take a look at
- 112730 Jun 13 12:23 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/ts/tsfaq29.zip
- Frequently Asked Questions. Personally I still use 5.0 even if I
- have access to all the versions through 3.02A to 6.0.
-
- "If you do not know how to go about getting this material, users are
- welcome to email me for the prerecorded garbo.uwasa.fi instructions
- (long, circa 29Kb). North American users are referred to the Garbo
- mirror on wuarchive.wustl.edu. Australian users are referred to the
- archie.au mirror. For the Asian users there is the NCTUCCCA.edu.tw
- mirror. The mirrors may lag occasionally, or might not have all the
- files. If you do not receive my reply within five days, please ask
- your own site's system manager to construct a returnable mail path
- for you".
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- Prof. Timo Salmi
- Moderating at garbo.uwasa.fi anonymous FTP archives 128.214.87.1
- Faculty of Accounting & Industrial Management; University of Vaasa
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