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Subject: Re:Why by Apple
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Date: Sat, 17-Sep-83 09:51:28 EDT
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Posted: Sat Sep 17 09:51:28 1983
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This is in response to Bryan DeLaney, who claims Apple Pascal is not an
operating system:

I am posting a separate article explaining that Apple Pascal is both a
language and an operating system.  I would like to respond here to
a few points raised by Mr. DeLaney:

  "The fact that it 'Auto-boots' does not mean it is an OS or a DOS".

True enough, but you seem to have some idea that Pascal runs under Apple DOS
and is booted by a "hello program" -- not true.

   "The size of the Atari OS is 10K on the old computers and 14K on the new."

Really?  The size of the Apple Pascal system is more than will fit
on a single disk, let alone what can fit in memory at one time.

  "On the Apple you have to turn off the printer after you do a 'list'."

That is true of Apple DOS.  It is not true of Apple Pascal.

				Dave Seaman
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