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From: pathak@s.cs.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Borland International
Message-ID: <213400064@s.cs.uiuc.edu>
Date: 27 Oct 89 16:35:20 GMT
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Nf-From: s.cs.uiuc.edu!pathak    Oct 26 14:18:00 1989


> 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.
> 
> Bjorn
> -- 
> Bjorn Heimir Bjornsson		Internet:  bjornb@rhi.hi.is
> University of Iceland		UUCP:	   {mcvax,enea}!hafro!rhi!bjornb

Philip Kahn is a real person, Frank Borland and mule are not.

Heeren Pathak
pathak@cs.uiuc.edu