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From: singer@endor.harvard.edu (Darrell LeBlanc)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Recommendations solicited for Mac Pascal compiler
Message-ID: <4469@husc6.harvard.edu>
Date: 25 Apr 88 15:47:57 GMT
References: <3539@fluke.COM>
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Reply-To: rs4u@andrew.cmu.edu (Rich Siegel)
Organization: Symantec/THINK Technologies, Bedford, MA
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Keywords: Pascal Mac Symbollic debugger

In article <3539@fluke.COM> moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff Meyer) writes:
>Not looking for anything in-depth here, but can anyone give a 
>recommendation for a Pascal compiler for the Macintosh?  Only two real 
>requirements:
>
>1)  Symbolic Debugger
>2)  Ability to do HyperCard XCFN code.
>
>This is for a novice (really novice) programmer (I know, I know, I've 
>warned him...), so the easier the documentation, the better.

	I'm biased, but Lightspeed Pascal is definitely the way to go.
It has a source-level symbolic debugger, with the ability
to set breakpoints, view expressions and data via an Observe
window, and execute code in context with an Instant window. LightspBug gives
a view into the machine, with panes for stack crawl, variable display,
registers, and heap crawl. We also have interfaces available for writing
HyperCard externals - Lightspeed Pascal can be used to
write applications, Desk Accessories, or code resources of any flavor.

	For a novice programmer (like I was when I got it), Lightspeed
Pascal is excellent.

>Appreciate any advice.  Me, I've got Lightspeed C, and am looking forward 
>to LSC 3.0...
	
	Ditto. :-)

Like I said, I'm biased because I work at THINK Technologies, but I was
a satisfied user of Lightspeed Pascal before I was hired....

		--Rich

Rich Siegel
THINK Technologies