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From: acm9@apple.ucsb.edu (Mike O'Brien)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal
Subject: Re: standard pascal
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Date: 27 Jun 89 23:06:56 GMT
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In article <4757@freja.diku.dk> dat0@freja.diku.dk (Dat-0 undervisningsassistent) writes:
>Since we are about to switch from CP/M-computers to MS-DOS-computers, I was
>wondering if there exist a truly standard Pascal-compiler running on 
>MS-DOS-computers on the market. 

I think everyone would agree that Borland International's "Turbo Pascal" is the current standard in MS-DOS.  It compiles faster, and makes faster and tighter EXE files, than any other Pascal on the market.  The vast majority of the people on this newsgroup also seem to use Turbo Pascal.

The current version is 5.5, and it will set you back about $250 for the professional package (with the debugger).

Mike O'Brien
acm9@cornu.ucsb.edu