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From: singer@endor.harvard.edu (Rich Siegel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Lightspeed Pascal Latest Version?
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Date: 28 May 88 17:16:08 GMT
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In article <192@hodge.UUCP> adail@pnet06.cts.com (Alan Dail) writes:
>I have at least 2 complaints to add
>- 32K source code size limit.

	32K source size limit? Where did that come from? The limitation
is not bound to the amount of source text that you have; it's more
dependent on the number of units that you USE and on the density of your
source  code. In fact, the upcoming Lightspeed Pascal relaxes the
restriction somewhat, and can load the MPW interface file "ToolIntf.p",
which weighs in at about 43K bytes.

>{You shoule try MPW Pascal, it offers language features unavailable
>in any other compiler, such as functions returning records, and
>object pascal, just to name a couple.

	Lightspeed Pascal functions can also return structured types
such as strings and records, just to name a couple.

>Anyone who programs the Mac should
>join APDA because they are the only place to get many of the tools
>needed to program the Mac.

	Agreed.

>Alan Dail

	-Rich

Rich Siegel, Lightspeed Pascal Defender of the Faith




Rich Siegel
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