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From: leonard@bucket.UUCP (Leonard Erickson)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal,comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: What should I do?
Message-ID: <1228@bucket.UUCP>
Date: 20 Jan 89 04:12:27 GMT
References: <3422@arcturus>
Reply-To: leonard@bucket.UUCP (Leonard Erickson)
Organization: Rick's Home Grown Unix; Portland, OR
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In article <3422@arcturus> mitch@arcturus.UUCP (Mitchell S. Gorman) writes:
<
<I have been using TP4.0 for some time, and recently (actually 4 months
<ago) got TC1.5.
<
<My questions are:
<	1)	Will the Debugger work with those versions of the
<		languages?

Poorly, you'll have to use the MAP files and I'm not sure how well
that'll work. Besides, with the new versions you have a debugger in
the IDE. Not as good as the standalone but good for a lot of stuff.

<	2)	If so, is there any real justification for upgrading
<		to 5.0/2.0?  What are the big diffs between 4.0 and
<		5.0?  (I'm much more familiar with TP than TC, so 
<		pls. address this question with that in mind.)

They've added some functions and procedures (the only ones that come
immediately to mind are the one for getting environment variables),
they also added 8087 emulation in software, and support for overlays.
Overlays can reside io EMS memory...

<Obviously, if the answer to 1 is no, then the second question is moot:
<I'll have to upgrade.  But if I can get away with a $95 outlay for a 
<source debugger for the versions I've got ->  :^) :^) :^), ya know
<what I mean??

A deal that they've got but aren't advertising is TC 2.0, TP 5.0, and
the assembler and debugger for $200 if you are upgrading TC *or* TP.
(I may have the price wrong, but it was $50 more than the Professional
upgrade...)

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