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From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.org.acm
Subject: Re: Turbo the standard?  I think not.
Message-ID: <XF6BV3A@xds13.ferranti.com>
Date: 9 May 91 15:58:40 GMT
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Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva)
Organization: Xenix Support, FICC
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In article <1991May8.135504.310@ccu.umanitoba.ca> frist@ccu.umanitoba.ca writes:
> The frustration runs both ways. Turbo Pascal eliminated the ability to 
> access the file pointer. For example:

> if F^ = CH then   {CH is a char, F is a text file}

Yes, this sort of gratuitous breakage is what turned me right off on Turbo.
If you wanted Pascal for a PC, why not UCSD? Not only does it properly support
standard Pascal, it added such vital capabilities as modules. Plus if you
had a random-access file you could do stuff like:

	var f: file of record ... end;

	begin
		if f[10]^.elt = thing then ... { might be "f^[10].", been a
						 while }
-- 
Peter da Silva; Ferranti International Controls Corporation; +1 713 274 5180;
Sugar Land, TX  77487-5012;         `-_-' "Have you hugged your wolf, today?"