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From: ags@seaman.cc.purdue.edu (Dave Seaman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Calc programs
Keywords: Calculus MicroCalc?
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Date: 15 Nov 89 16:54:13 GMT
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In article <2655@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu> consp22@bingsunl.cc.binghamton.edu (Darren Handler) writes:
>Two good programs are Calculus from True Basic and Eureka! the solver from
>Borland. (I think).  Neato!

Here is a negative vote for Eureka! the solver.

It does not work on a Mac II running System 6.0 or later.  Exercise:  Open a
file in Eureka, click anywhere in the edit window, and type.  On the first
keystroke, it crashes.  It seems to work if you avoid using the mouse and stick
to the cursor keys, but what's the point?

It also does somewhat better with an older system (around 4.2, I think), but 
why bother?

I would go further and suggest that any Borland product for the Mac is unlikely
to be worthwhile.  Certainly Turbo Pascal is not (the compile-to-memory-and-run
mode does not work on a Mac II).  I have no other experience with Borland 
products for the Mac, but it seems to be clear that Borland is primarily 
interested in supporting the MS-DOS world.  Just compare the release numbers
for Turbo Pascal:  1.1 on the Mac, vs. 5.0 for MS-DOS.

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Dave Seaman	  					
ags@seaman.cc.purdue.edu