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From: iav1917@ritcv.UUCP (alan i. vymetalik)
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Subject: Turbo Prolog and Borland   (was Re: A wierd thought...)
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Date: Thu, 12-Jun-86 02:21:46 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun 12 02:21:46 1986
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Keywords: Let's Deluge Borland With Requests!!!

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In article <503@mips.UUCP> kim@mips.UUCP writes:
>
>And lesee, I recall Borland promising to support the Amiga in the 1st
>issue of AmigaWorld, etc.  Haven't seen anything further from them since
>then ... looks like they are catering only to PC-DOS machines, since
>their latest offering (TurboPROLOG) won't even run on a generic MS-DOS
>machine ... ridiculous for a *compiler*!
>
>/kim
>UUCP:  {decvax,ucbvax,ihnp4}!decwrl!mips!kim
   
   
   Now here's a sore spot!  Borland introduced a fairly decent Prolog
   compiler and has settled firmly into IBM's pocket.  They have for-
   saken the rest of the PC-industry by only releasing a PC-DOS version
   of what's going to become a de-facto programming standard much in the
   same way as Turbo Pascal.  Well, can you blame them?  I mean there
   are MILLIONS of PC-DOS machines out there.  A gorgeous user-base
   just ripe for the picking.

   However, I think that Borland is going to loose a lot of respect
   if not support from all non-PC-DOS users if they  do not plan to
   release a generic MS-DOS version of Turbo Prolog.  I suggest that
   those PC owners who want Prolog but do not have 100% compatibles
   get on the horn and send Borland a letter.  The more people who do
   this the better!  Maybe we can show them that there are other people
   out here besides those three-letter people.

   Personally, I have written them myself to complain and question
   them.  They have been too busy to respond to my two letters.  Well,
   as an owner of and consultant for DEC Rainbows, I find it disheartening
   that they have forsaken the very machine they began their Turbo
   Pascal project on.  

   Let's write them!  Everyone who wants to see a generic MS-DOS version
   of Turbo Prolog - WRITE!   Come on.  Maybe we can make history here.

   Alan

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