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From: UD046803@NDSUVM1.BITNET
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Turbo Pascal to Microsoft QuickC Translator
Message-ID: <544UD046803@NDSUVM1>
Date: 21 Jan 88 22:14:41 GMT
Organization: North Dakota Higher Education Computer Network, Fargo, ND
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Well, I just received the Turbo Pascal to QuickC Translator and very anxious to
try it out.  So I write a trivial Pascal program and it translates without any
problem.  And then I compile with my Microsoft C compiler.  And it RUN with no
problem. Wow what A GOOD PRODUCT!!  But WAIT!  WHAT??  The EXE file that the
C compiler generate is a whopping 95K in size compare to 11K for the good old
Turbo Pascal COM file.  And that is not what I want for a translator.  I want
to write in C because I want faster execution and more compact code, not
something like this.
     
It turns out it didn't really translate to microsoft C, instead it translate to
a whole bunch of turbo pascal call.  And then you link you basic C program to
the turbo Pascal-C library.  Also due to compatibility problem between C and
Turbo Pascal (4 byte data and code pointer), you need to compile the resulted
C prorgam using large Model.  And why would I want to compile a small model
Pascal program into large model C program without having any benefit.
     
What I want(?) is a translator which translate to pure microsoft C code or any
C code use their own C library, not another set of library.
     
May be I should rewrite to C by myself instead of using the translator.  Being
a good C programmer myself, I think that is the logical thing to do.  The
translator should ease the pain of novice programmer who want to translate
Pascal to C.
     
Don't take me wrong, I think Microsoft are releasing the translator in good
faith, but it just didn't work out for the majority of C programmer.
     
Is anybody have something to say about the translator?
     
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Should we wait for the 80986 or shouldn't we??? Or should we go for the 68090?
Larry Siu ....... UD046803@NDSUVM1