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From: steve@hpiacla.HP.COM (Steve Witten)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Pascal on Mac
Message-ID: <4860004@hpiacla.HP.COM>
Date: 11 Feb 88 00:03:42 GMT
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I have Turbo Pascal for the Mac.  I think that you would be better off with LSP.
Turbo Pascal DOES NOT work with MultiFinder.  When I called Borland to find out
when they were going to fix it, their response was "We don't know, maybe never."
As I found out with my Reflex -> Reflex Plus upgrade,  Borland sells you stuff
real cheap but they often make you pay up the nose for upgrades -- sometimes to
fix their own bugs.  BTW, Reflex Plus doesn't work with MultiFinder either and
I am wondering how much it is going to cost me to upgrade to a version that
does.

I used to think Borland was doing us all a real favor by producing quality
software at a low price but it seems they've gotten a bad case of the dreaded
Microsoft disease.  When I get a fixed-up version of Reflex Plus, I am no longer
going to deal with them.

On the other hand, I have received two FREE upgrades to LSC.  Mr. Siegel often
posts fixes and requests for enhancements to the net.  They seem to go out of 
their way to solicit and honor user input.

You are probably looking for a more technical evaluation.  I would say that most
Pascal's for the Mac are pretty much the same in terms of features because Lisa
Pascal set the standard and MPW Pascal maintains it...


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Steve Witten
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Hewlett-Packard Co.             steve@hpiacla.HP.COM

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