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Subject: Re: Mystic PASCAL
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Date: Sat, 7-Feb-87 07:05:18 EST
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Posted: Sat Feb  7 07:05:18 1987
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In article <1389@bnrmtv.UUCP>, perkins@bnrmtv.UUCP (Henry Perkins) writes:
> > Has anyone heard of "Mystic Pascal"?
> > 	This is a $16 MS DOS Pascal compiler from:
> > 	Mystic Canyon Software
> > 
> > It sounds too good to be true.
> > 
> > Ken A. Glidden, {harvard | ll-xn | mirror | axiom}!adelie!morgoth!glidden
> 
> "Mystic Pascal" is a product of J.R. Tyson, who created "JRT Pascal"
> for the CP/M world.  The company went bankrupt amid a flurry of lawsuits
> and postal fraud investigations.  JRT had apparently advertised the
> program as complete and available, and taken money for copies of same,
> BEFORE ANY SUCH PROGRAM EXISTED.
> 
> "JRT Pascal" is the classic example of "vaporware".  It is VERY UNLIKELY
> that "Mystic Pascal" is as good as it sounds.
> -- 
> {hplabs,amdahl,3comvax}!bnrmtv!perkins        --Henry Perkins
> 
I have a copy of Mystic Pascal in hand - the $32.00 version with the
printed manual.  It does indeed do true multi-tasking, although the
current version (1.6) does not support that in a stand-alone mode.  To
take advantage of the multi-tasking you need to run your program from
within the Mystic environment (editor/compiler like Turbo).

Mystic does indeed create compact, fast code (no 12K overhead like Turbo),
but has few "nice-to-have" Pascal extensions other than those supporting
the windowing, graphics, multiple consoles, and multi-tasking.

It is indeed an incremental compiler and speedily compiles small changes
in large programs.

There may be deficiencies I haven't found yet, but Mystic is a solid
product and an excellent value for the money.


Robin Felix, U. of Hawaii Linguistics Dept.
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