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From: jimomura@lsuc.UUCP (Jim Omura)
Newsgroups: net.micro.atari16,net.micro.68k,net.lang.pascal,net.lang.f77
Subject: Re: F-77 and PASCAL Compilers for ATARI 1040 ST
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Date: Mon, 26-May-86 23:33:23 EDT
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Posted: Mon May 26 23:33:23 1986
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Summary: OS-9 68K F-77 and Pascal


     While I can't comment on the versions you have asked about, the
new OS-9 68K port for the Atari 1040ST will be available shortly.  There
is a good Pascal (essentially ISO with some minor differences--I have
the manuals and can check the variations for you if necessary) and
Fortran-77 is due out a bit later this summer.  There is also a 3rd
party Pascal by Omegasoft and 2 major database tools (Sculptor which
is a 4th generation language/application generator and CSG-IMS which
is apparently network oriented).  OS-9 is beyond any doubt the most
mature and fully developed of the modern *small* OS's available for
the 68K family of processors.  The only software base which I feel is
better developed is full blown Unix, and Unix has drawbacks as well
as advantages when compared to OS-9.

                                      Cheers! -- Jim O.

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