Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!dalcs!aucs!peter
From: peter@aucs.UUCP (Peter Steele)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Lightspeed Pascal Latest Version?
Message-ID: <1088@aucs.UUCP>
Date: 23 May 88 13:23:08 GMT
Organization: School of Computer Science, Acadia Univ., Nova Scotia
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I had been using Turbo Pascal and had some minor complaints
with it:

  - not multifinder compatible
  - cursor keys do not work

I was told to switch to Lightspeed Pascal because it is so much
better. So, I went and bought a copy through a mail order house,
Macconnection I believe. The first thing I tried to do was convert
one of my TurboPascal programs. These are the complaints I have
about Lightspeed Pascal:

  - not multifinder compatible
  - cursor keys do not work
  - does not recognize Lisa Pascal's EXIT statement
  - does not allow dereferencing to be used in
    conjunction with type casting
  - does not allow @ to be used with packed arrays
  - comments cannot cross line boundaries
  - does not recognize the newer toolbox routines and constants
    (such as those dealing with the zoom box)
  - screen update is slow and unintelligent in the editor, often
    redrawing things that do not have to be redrawn
  - compilation is very slow compared to Turbo Pascal (and other
    compilers I've used).
  - technique used for font selection of program source display
    is very poor--I had to cycle through half a dozen fonts to get
    to Monaco.
  - in general, not as compatible with Lisa Pascal as it should be

I suspect I'd find more to complain about if I continued to use it,
but I've decided to switch back to TurboPascal. If there is an
update to Lightspeed Pascal that overcomes at least some of these
deficiencies I might try it again. BTW, the version of Lightspeed
Pascal I'm using is 1.11a. Is there already a newer version and if
so what do I do to get it? Likewise, is there a newer version of
TurboPascal (I'm using 1.1) that is MF compatible and supports the
cursor keys?

A

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Peter Steele, Microcomputer Applications Analyst
Acadia University, Wolfville, NS, Canada B0P1X0 (902)542-2201x121
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