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From: Lawson.English@p88.f15.n300.z1.fidonet.org (Lawson English)
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Subject: Re: Turbo Pascal
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Date: 9 Jan 91 15:59:00 GMT
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Lawrence D'oliveiro, Waikato Univer writes in a message to All

LDW> As far as I can see, the THINK compilers are nicer than anything 
LDW> Borland or any other vendor for DOS has ever done.

Development-environment-wise you are correct: an old girlfriend, editor of the
C++ manual once said that she was told that the Turbo C++ "IDE" was based on
Think's.
 

Code-wise, Symantec stuff is run-of-the-mill Macintosh. Ie, it stinks.

Lawson
 

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