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From: ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal
Subject: Re: Differencces betweenn TurboPascal 3.0 and 5.*
Message-ID: <1990Nov15.193335.21763@uwasa.fi>
Date: 15 Nov 90 19:33:35 GMT
References: <1089@rcsw21.rcvie@tuvie.uucp> <1990Nov14.084349.13733@uwasa.fi> <1990Nov15.092855.17865@csun.edu>
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In article <1990Nov15.092855.17865@csun.edu> abcscnuk@Twg-S5.uucp (Naoto Kimura (ACM)) writes:
>] A: from version 3, YES !
>]      Useful additions
... much deleted ...
>]   4.0 --> 5.0
... much deleted ...
Thanks for the analysis.  You've done on impressive job.

>P.S.: * If there's enough interest, I'll repost some include files that
>        can be used with Turbo Pascal 3.0 which implement some
>        DOS-related functions that are built into one of version
>        4.0's libraries.

How about making it, and the rest of your ideas into a documented
package.  I'll be happy to put it up for general download from
uwasa.fi archives, if you wish so. 

>      * I'll also post the sources to a unit for version 4.0 that
>        implements functions available in version 5.0 if there is
>	enough interest in it.
>      * I'm considering spending a little time hacking out some code
>        for version 4.0 so that ParamStr(0) will return the name of the
>	program.
... much deleted ...

I've already done this one, although I had to replace ParamStr(0)
with ParamStr0.  It's part of the /pc/ts/tspas22.arc units
collection. 

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Prof. Timo Salmi        (Moderating at anon. ftp site 128.214.12.3)
School of Business Studies, University of Vaasa, SF-65101, Finland
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