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From: lapalme@ouareau.iro.umontreal.ca (Guy Lapalme)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Pascal on Apollo
Summary: Is there a good Pascal Compiler on Apollo
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Date: 24 Aug 89 12:31:02 GMT
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Organization: Universite de Montreal
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We have been using the Apollo Pascal Compiler for teaching undergraduates 
but we have been very disappointed with it:
   - it does not detect subrange overflow 
   - it does not have conformant array
   - there are all kinds of loopholes in the type checking
   - it does not check overflow on input (so reading 12344567890234568
             might return -34...)
In summary, there are all kinds of "extensions" but the basic and clean
Pascal needed for teaching undergraduate is not implemented correctly.

Is somebody aware of a better Pascal compiler to use on Apollos?

Thank You

Guy Lapalme
Dept Informatique et Recherche Operationnelle
Universite de Montreal 
CP 6128, Succ A
Montreal Quebec Canada
H3C 3J7                         Tel:(514)343-7220
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Guy Lapalme
Dept Informatique et Recherche Operationnelle
Universite de Montreal 
CP 6128, Succ A
Montreal Quebec Canada
H3C 3J7                         Tel:(514)343-7220