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From: pearl@topaz.rutgers.edu (Starbuck)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Welcome to comp.sys.mac.programmer
Message-ID: <18352@topaz.rutgers.edu>
Date: 25 Feb 88 20:49:22 GMT
References: <42507@sun.uucp> <23091@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> <42814@sun.uucp>
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In article <42814@sun.uucp> chuq@sun.UUCP (Chuq Von Rospach) writes:
>>I have a mac, and I'd really like to start doing some real programming
>>on it.  But I frankly haven't a clue where to start.  Can any of you
>>recommend some reading material?  Thanks,

>Time to start the first controversies. 
>It generally comes down to whether you like Pascal or C, and how much money
>you want to spend. 
>
>I'm going to assume you're on a budget -- getting started on a maching you
>rarely want to put out lots of bucks, and MPW is (in my eyes) lots of bucks.
>So we'll stick to the lower cost compilers. 
>
>For pascal, you've got LightSpeed Pascal. I'm sure there're others (is there
>a turbo pascal? I don't hack pascal, so I havne't paid much attention). 

Yes, Virginia.  There is a "Turbo Pascal" for the MAC.  It is very
good though I can't compare it to any others besides MAC-Pascal.  It
beats MacPascal by a kilometre.  How about a comparison between
LS-Pascal, Turbo Pascal, and TML Pascal, anyone?

>chuq
>Chuq Von Rospach			chuq@sun.COM		Delphi: CHUQ

Steve


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