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From: omh@cs.brown.edu (Owen M. Hartnett)
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Subject: Re: $$$ & THINK Pascal 3.0
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Date: 21 Mar 90 01:28:28 GMT
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After using Think Pascal for a couple of weeks now, my vote would be to
continue bundling the TCLs.  Most of the upgrade is support for OOP, so
those using NOOP (non-object oriented programming) will see some
improvement, although not as dramatic as the change from 1.0 to 2.0.

Let's face it, even version 2.0 still stands as a great product for us
NOOPers.  

But the libraries should be bundled.  By including them, Symantec helps
us with an easy path to move into OOP when we're ready (or when Apple
forces us to do so as they've threatened).  If everybody has the libraries,
then there's more capability for more people to get into OOP.  Besides, if
it were unbundled, the price for Pascal upgrade alone would still be at
least $49 or so (upgrade costs to a manufacturer often equal actual new
purchaser costs) where the TCL's would probably be as prohibitively
expensive as MPW.

-Owen

Owen Hartnett				omh@cs.brown.edu.CSNET
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