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From: Isaac_K_Rabinovitch@cup.portal.com
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Subject: Re: Turbo Pascal 4.0 (Upgrades)
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Date: Sun, 1-Nov-87 12:05:49 EST
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I'm about 50% convinced to spring for the Turbo 4.0 upgrade.  (Not
very willingly--the $40 Borland wants for the upgrade must be close
to their wholesale price for the product itself!  Essentially, I would
be buying the same product from them twice.)  Some questions that might
persuade me (one way or the other):

Does the upgrade come with an improved manual?  I think we can agree that
the old manual could serve as a technical writing text on what *not* to
do.

Does the upgrade fix the careless little glitches in the compiler?  For
example, if you READ a number with 3.0, it must be terminated with a
blank or EOL, whereas all the textbooks tell you that a Pascal number
ends with any character that isn't part of the number.  (Criswell predicts
that Borland knows about this glitch but kept it in 4.0 for the sake of
compatibility.)  Anyone know about this or other glitches?

Isaac Rabinovitch
isaac.rabinovitch@cup.portal.com
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