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From: eldred@rrunner.jpl.nasa.gov (Dan Eldred)
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Subject: Re: Macintosh Pascal
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Date: 4 Jan 91 18:07:44 GMT
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In article <25387@adm.brl.mil> sbarnhar%MAILBOX.MAIL.UMN.EDU@uga.cc.uga.edu ( Shawn Barnhart) writes:
>I'd be interested in a dialogue with someone experienced in creating
>applications with THINK Pascal for the Macintosh.  I recently purchased
>THIUNK Pascal for the Mac, and find the task of creating even a simple
>application more difficult than completing a 64 ring game of Towers of
>Hanoi.  I know that the prospective programmer is supposed to also

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I hate to recommend yet another software purchase, but you might try out
Microsoft QuickBasic.  Using QuickBasic it is very easy to create very
professional looking applications which use menus, dialog boxes and the
mouse, with far fewer statements than in THINK Pascal or C.  Also I find
the interpreter to be very conducive to program development;  when the
program works properly you can then compile it for greater speed.  As I
recall, cost is about $64, mail-order.  Another benefit is that many of
the Mac toolbox routines are accessible from QuickBasic, so you can play
with them from the interpreter to figure out how they work.  I also own
THINK Pascal and C but frankly I prefer QuickBasic where I can get away
with using it, which is most of the time.

				--Dan

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		--Dan Eldred		eldred@csi.jpl.nasa.gov

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