Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!uflorida!mailer.cc.fsu.edu!nu!boyd From: boyd@nu.cs.fsu.edu (Mickey Boyd) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Question: Pascal for the ST? Message-ID: <1991May5.124501.14339@mailer.cc.fsu.edu> Date: 5 May 91 16:45:01 GMT References: <1991May3.134817.17871@mailer.cc.fsu.edu> Reply-To: boyd@nu.cs.fsu.edu (Mickey Boyd) Organization: Florida State University Computer Science Department Lines: 55 In article , ersys!mforget@nro.cs.athabascau.ca (Michel Forget) writes: > > >I would just like to correct you on one point. Personal Pascal has been >coninually upgraded since its release, and the bugs present in earlier >versions have been corrected. You CAN pass procedures and functions as >parameters now, and the in-code .RSC features now work better than ever. >The current version is 2.05, and the program is far from "dated". I use >it at home to write programs for my Computer Processing Class, which uses >Turbo Pascal. I haven't seen Prospero Pascal yet, though, so I won't >comment on it. > Well harumph!! I never got such information from ICD (I am a registered owner), and I got the impression from the last time I called them that they were not putting any more time into it. I stand corrected, and will contact ICD asap for my new copy. Thanks for pointing it out. >Just out of curiosity, why would a British company last any longer than >an American of Canadian company? ICD is a solid company that supports >all of its products. They are also a thriving company. > Because american ST software folks are getting fewer every day. The number of great products that no longer have support because of bankruptcy is rather large, and is a shame. From the british ST magazines I read, I do not get "The end is near" type impressions that I get from US based publications. I see neat new hardware/software being offered, with large full color ads. In the US, I keep getting "Sorry, we do not support the Atari ST" over the phone (if the phone number still exists, that is). Just a couple off the top of my head: Mark Williams C - no more support, working on Coherent Wordup 3.0 - Company bankrupt Timeworks - No longer updating US versions (but are still updating UK ones). Michtron - pushing up daisys. . . . . . . . . . . Now, when I sink money into a professional application, I make sure that it is a. European, or b. Selling well in Europe. Obviously this is IMHO. If I did not state this in my original post, it was a booboo. Also, I wish to note that stateside utilities seem to be better than what is offered elsewhere (Neodesk, the Codeheads, UISIII, etc). -- ---------------------------------+------------------------------------- Mickey R. Boyd | "Kirk to Enterprise. All clear FSU Computer Science | down here. Beam down Technical Support Group | yeoman Rand and a six-pack . ." email: boyd@fsucs.cs.fsu.edu | ---------------------------------+-------------------------------------