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From: herring@evax.arl.utexas.edu (Erick Herring)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal
Subject: Re: Turbo Pascal
Message-ID: <1991Feb19.025821.18318@evax.arl.utexas.edu>
Date: 19 Feb 91 02:58:21 GMT
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dhosek@freke.claremont.edu (Don Hosek) writes:

>To change the discussion direction slightly, I've heard a lot of
>people muttering about 6.0 being in some ways a step down from
>5.5. Since I just came into the PC world and bought 6.0 because
>it was on the shelves at Egghead, I'd be curious to hear in what
>ways this is so.
>
>-dh

Many people seem to be slamming TP 6.0 because of the new environment.
I have been using Turbo Pascal for a while now (since 3.x) and I have
nothing but praise for the new environment, the code it generates, and
the responsiveness of the product when taken as a whole.

Recently, I had to do a quick turnaround on a fairly complex project,
and I let good programming methodology fall by the wayside - yes, I
went into hacker mode :-)  If I had not been able to have an output
window on the screen alongside three editor windows, an error window,
and a watch window, I never would have made it.

I would like for the people who claim bad code generation, etc. to
post or mail the offending code.  I have compiled copies of past
projects with 6.0, 5.5, and 5.0, and then checked them  with the
profiler.  Turbo Pascal 6.0 has never been worse than 5.0 or 5.5.

Final note:  I have an 80386-25 MHz (4MB), which may be why I don't
have space/speed problems.  If that is the case, well, I'm sorry.
Just because a product is slow on an 8088 or an 80286 doesn't mean it
is a dog.  If we want cool new toys...er...tools, then we have to
expect these tools to get bigger and more complex.

OB PLUG: Borland is the greatest company in the world...

Erick
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Erick Herring
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