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From: espen@well.UUCP (Peter Espen)
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Subject: Re: Pascal compiler for Mac needed
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Date: Tue, 11-Feb-86 20:03:56 EST
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Summary: I recommend TML System's Pascal for the Mac
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In article <1598@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP>, benn@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP (T Cox) writes:
> []
> Dear patient netters:
> 
> 	I need to port some Pascal source from a PC-DOS
> environment to the Macintosh.  I do not have a compiler
> for pascal -- I have MacPascal, which only interprets.  
> The goal is to generate a stand-alone program.  Can anyone
> recommend a good compiler or two?  The program itself is
> fairly trivial:  it converts simultaneously between five
> calendar systems, including Julian, Gregorian, Islamic,
> Hebrew, and Turko-Mongol.  It's for our Middle East faculty
> and students, you see.  In fact, if anyone wants a copy,
> I will pass the requests on to the author...
> 
> 
> -- 
> T Cox
> ...ihnp4!gargoyle!sphinx!benn   benn%sphinx@uchicago.bitnet


	From what I have seen, the best way to go would be to buy a copy
of the TML System's Pascal compiler for the Mac. It provides a complete
development pascal system for the Mac with access to all Mac toolbox and
OS routines. It even includes interfaces to things such as Graf3d and 
Appletalk libraries. 
	In addition to the Mac stand alone development facilities, you can
also compile and run Generic Pascal programs without any Mac specific code.
The TML system will take care of all the Mac things and create a TTY window
on the Mac screen for the standard pascal output and uses the Mac keyboard
for the standard pascal input. This feature seems to be what you would need
to minimize the headaches of converting Pascal code to the Mac from another
OS.
	Peter Espen