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From: REEVES@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU (Terry Reeves)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Question: Pascal for the ST?
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Date: 3 May 91 22:29:31 GMT
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Actually, the sheets I have from Prospero say that Fortran and C are ANSI
standard. The Pascal compiler follows the ISO standard. The data sheet says,
"The Prospero Pascal for GEM programmer's environment is a complete
implementation if the ISO Pascal standard for the Atari ST." If memory serves,
I believe that Personal Pascal follows the ISO standard more closely that the
ANSI standard. This along with the almost too numerous to mention extensions
that Borland made to Pascal makes for real fun when trying to move code from
an IBM Turbo Pascal environment to a Pascal environment on the ST. So, if you
need to have transportable programs, you might look into Prospero's IBM Pascal
compilers as well.

                                                   Terry

Disclaimer: The above are my opinions. They are not related to the official
policies of SLAC, Stanford University, the DOE, or the U.S. government.