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From: vdra_ltd@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Valerie Drake)
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Subject: Turbo Pascal 6.0 (Was: Re: (R)Borland's TP package)
Summary: Summary of 9/17 Infoworld article
Keywords: Turbo Pascal 6.0 Infoworld
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Date: 23 Sep 90 02:20:14 GMT
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From "Turbo Pascal 6.0 Nears Shipment" September 17,1990 Infoworld,
Page 8, by Stuart Johnson.  Points of interest mentioned include:

1) Extensions to object oriented programming environment.
   OOP programming now supports both private data and methods.

2) Stability and compatibility.  One beta tester said: "We have close
   to 100,000 lines [of previous code] and it all compiled.   We had to
   delete two lines; not even change them." Another said: "I brought our
   application up and the compiler didn't add any bugs.  I'm going to
   be significantly better off with the new environment for debugging.
   It's increased the number of modules we can debug simultaneously."

3) 286 specific code generation.  No more was said about this than a brief
   mention.

4) A significantly improved development environment.  Features mentioned
   include mouse support, multiple windows, clipboard, hypertext-based help,
   project management a la Turbo C, a multifile editor, and a macro language
   compiler to automate keystrokes.

5) Redefinition of some previously reserved keywords as directives, so
   developers can use them as variables.  The example given was that virtual
   can now be used as a variable.

6) Beta testers got copies 3-4 weeks ago.  Price and availability have not
   been set yet.  The beta copies seem to be quite robust.



That was about all the article had to say.  No official word from Borland as
to capabilities and features, or release dates.

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