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From: LUKRW@vax1.cc.lehigh.edu
Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal
Subject: Re: Runtime dimensioning and Pascal
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Date: 10 Nov 89 18:31:06 GMT
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"Full standard Pascal" permits variable dimensions via the conformant
array construct.  This is, however, a level 1 (optional) feature, not
supported by Turbo Pascal.  (In the ANSI compatibility section,
non-support of optional features is not mentioned.)  Since late
binding is supported by the TP 5.5 OOP extensions, that would be one
alternative.  I do wish Borland would "get with the program" and stop
ignoring the standard.  Extensions are nice, but compatibility beats
that any day of the week.  There's no good excuse for an incomplete
implementation in such a widely used product.

Kevin Weiner   Lehigh University Computing Center