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Subject: Re: Turbo Prolog and Borland   (was Re: A wierd thought...)
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[ "Send lawyers, guns, and money ..." ]

>    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

I would also like to get an answer from Borland as to when we might see
their mythical "TurboC" ... for *any* machine.

I purchased TurboPascal 1.0 about a month after it was released, which
got me put on Borland's mailing-list.  In a couple of their mailings
(which were four-color, four-page, newspaper/newsprint things), they
said that their "C" would be available "soon".

I was never one to hold my breath waiting for announced s/w that would be
available "soon", but when I upgraded to TurboPascal 2.0, I did ask the
marketing person that I spoke with at Borland when "C" was coming out.
"Within the next 6 months", I was told.

When I upgraded to 3.x, I asked again.  Then the answer was "We dunno".
I finally broke down and purchased both Eco-C and MIX C.  Wonder what
Borland will say when it comes time to upgrade TurboPascal to 4.0?
(Assuming they will make an MS-DOS version of 4.0 even available :-) ).
			    ^^

/kim
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