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From: rkl@mva.cs.liv.ac.uk
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Modula-2 ? No thanks !
Message-ID: <1826@mva.cs.liv.ac.uk>
Date: 8 Sep 88 17:04:35 GMT
References: <3403@crash.cts.com>
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Organisation: Computer Science CSMVAX, Liverpool University

In article <3403@crash.cts.com>, haitex@pnet01.cts.com (Wade Bickel) writes:
>>
>>>Yes!!! I would like to see Turbo Pascal 4.0 because it is very excellent
>>>for compilers! When it will come here? Does anyone know about Turbo
>>>Pascal Description? Thank!
[above English is a bit suspect]
>>
>>Please post this info, since I also would like to see TP4 for
>>my Amy.
>>
> 
>         Have you two heard about Modula-2?  M2 is the successor language to
> PASCAL, and is is syntactically very similiar.  M2 allows system level
> control.

AAArrrggghhh !!! If I hear Modula-2 mentioned again whenever anyone brings up
the subject of Turbo Pascal 4 on the Amiga (now that's what I'D vapourware !),
I'll SCREAM ! Modula-2 is NOT an adequate substitute for a good extended
Pascal (aka Turbo Pascal 4 or VAX Pascal) - it's a far fussier language and
the string handling is non-existent. I now INSIST that any language I write in
has the + operator to concatenate two strings together - I know, this seems
trivial but it is a good test as to whether a compiler of any language is
worth using... For a start it rules out : any variety of C, most (crummy)
Pascals, Modula-2, Fortran (strings ? hah !), even VAX ADA !

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