Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!uwvax!umn-d-ub!umn-cs!griesel From: griesel@umn-cs.CS.UMN.EDU (Curtis W. Griesel) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Borland International Message-ID: <16519@umn-cs.CS.UMN.EDU> Date: 23 Oct 89 21:59:59 GMT References: <4280@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu> Reply-To: griesel@umn-cs.cs.umn.edu (Curtis W. Griesel) Organization: CSci Dept., University of Minnesota, Mpls. Lines: 19 Turbo Pascal was actually initially developed in Denamrk; at least, that is the understanding I gained after working in the computer industry in Denmark for a year. The compiler was initially developed as a graduate project by a few students at the University of Copenhagen. It was then further developed and marketed as a product called PolyPascal, which is still in wide use around Scandinavia. I don't know when or how Borland go ahold of it, but Turbo Pascal was esentially identical to PolyPascal until TP version 4.0, when the compiler was completely redone by Borland. Borland has grown by leaps and bounds since the original Turbo, and now has resources far beyond the initial distributer in Denmark, whose name eludes me at the moment. I think some kind of marketing arrangement has been made, however, so the initial company now serves as a distributer for all of Borland's products, at least in Scandinavia. -- Curtis W. Griesel EQUAL Project (EQuipment for Universal Access to Learning), U of Minnesota Internet: griesel@umn-cs.cs.umn.edu; Voice: 612/625-9081; TDD: 612/626-1346 U S Mail: 4-192 EE/CSci Building; 200 Union Street SE; Minneapolis, MN 55455