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From: ron@woan.austin.ibm.com (Ronald S. Woan)
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Subject: Re: Borland International
Keywords: Phillipe exists!
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Date: 25 Oct 89 14:55:13 GMT
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> Turbo Pascal is based on a danish pascal compiler, which I think was (is?)
> called Poly Pascal.  Turbo Prolog is also a danish product.
> I don't know about the other products, Borland probably bought them and 
> changed the label.
> As for Philip Kahn, I very much doubt that he exists.
 
I can't believe what I have been hearing! Of course Mr. Kahn exists!  He
is interviewed extensively in the US press and I met him at the last West Coas
Computer Faire, as well.  The Turbo Pascal story is being quite bungled too.
Legend has it that Kahn wrote it himself, perhaps while he was in France.
Some people don't realize that he was a prominent mathematician...  Don't
give us this about changing labels, and give the Borland programmers
some credit...  True they have bought some thing, but I am quite sure that
all of the compilers are their own.  They are sold under different labels in
Europe though for distribution reasons...

						Ron
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