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From: aland@hpscda.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal
Subject: Re: Re: Mystic PASCAL (and JRT Pascal)
Message-ID: <4240001@hpscda.HP.COM>
Date: Wed, 11-Feb-87 15:48:20 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb 11 15:48:20 1987
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> > 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

Actually, JRT Pascal was a very clever stunt  - it  was a multi-phase
vaporware product.  They accepted orders for the  first version until
they absolutely had  to ship  something.    The  first product barely
worked.  EVen by 2.0, fully 50% of your code lines were to get around
compiler  problems.    They  then  announced  version 3  (at a higher
price), and took order  and upgrade  orders.   No product  for a very
long time.  About when they  started to  ship version  3 (no better),
they had announced version 4.

If you buy it, don't expect it  on time  (if ever).   If  you get it,
don't expect it to work as advertised.   Don't  ever expect  to get a
version that does work as advertised.

					Alan Davis
					hpscda!aland