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From: nmouawad@water.waterloo.edu (Naji Mouawad)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal
Subject: Re: (Borland's TP package). Was (Pascal Source Code Beautifier Wanted)
Message-ID: <1990Sep17.224909.16250@water.waterloo.edu>
Date: 17 Sep 90 22:49:09 GMT
References: <1990Sep17.030008.108@uwasa.fi> <1990Sep17.073842.16498@nmt.edu>
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In article <1990Sep17.073842.16498@nmt.edu> jrwsnsr@nmt.edu (Jonathan R. Watts) writes:
>Well, Borland's Turbo Professional is now a 4-pack, not a 3-pack (Turbo
>Pascal 5.5, Turbo Assembler 2.0, Turbo Debugger 2.0, and Turbo Profiler 1.0).
[A small passage deleted]
>  - Jonathan Watts
> 
>jrwsnsr@jupiter.nmt.edu (Internet address)

I have been wanting to ask this question for some time now, but
haven't got around to do it. Now that someone has mentionned the
Turbo Profiler, I'd like to know whether I should upgrade to TP5.5
second edition (I have the Prof.  package for TP 5.5) or wait for
what seems to be a *major* upgrade of the product: TP 6.0.

Rumors On:
---------

It seems that Borland was *forced* to come out with 5.5 as a
response to Microsoft's QuickPascal. 

I read an interview with the guys behind TP: basically, the'r
thriving to turn the compiler into an `Object compiler', that is
only the objects that were changed are compiled, and linked
to everything else, rather than compiling the entire module.

The shift is from compiler to linker. 

Rumors Off.
----------

Still, I can't figure out how one would be able to make the 
linker smart enough to strip dead code, when one is using virtual
objects (meaning late binding).

At present times, the drawback of OOP is bigger .exe files (Compare
the Turbo Professional Library to the Object Professional Library).
The main reason seems to be (I'm *far* from being sure) that the
linker is simply incapable of stripping dead code, when virtual
objects are declared.

Sorry if this got a bit longer than what expected. 

If you did upgrade to the 2nd Edition, advice and/or comments are
appreciated.

e-mail or post.

Thank.

Naji.
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