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Subject: Re: Object Pascal
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Date: 11 May 89 05:30:01 GMT
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In article <1794@husc6.harvard.edu> siegel@endor.harvard.edu (Rich Siegel) writes:
>
>	I'm kind of curious about the perception and uses of Object Pascal,
>so to scratch the itch, here are some questions:
>
>	- Do you use Object Pascal at all?
>	- If so, why?
>	- If not, why not?
As a graduate student employed as a Research Assistant in a university}i, it
is not not feasible to use Object Pascal because:
(1) when teaching, it's unreasonable to expect students to be at that level
(2) my Prof doesn't understand it and so won't buy it
(3) I sure can't afford it especially if I make a decent application, I can't
sell it because it belongs to the university

>
>	- Do you use MacApp?
>	- If so, why?
>	- If not, why not?
Would really like to use it except there's no coordination between UCD and
Apple/APDA to be able to purchase MacApp. What? UC Davis is going to join
APDA? Too much hassle thanks. So long as this situation exists, I don't think
MacApp will make it big as a major platform here. I hear LSP has some object
programming capabilities. I suppose that it is a viable alternative but we're
currently locked in to Turbo because there's a version for Ms-DOS too. Stupid
reason, but there's plenty of those around here.
Another problem is a lack of academic prices. Turbo has an academic price. Just
a suggestion, that's all. I do use Turbo for teaching a class in chemical model
programming.
>
>	- What Pascal compiler do you use?
>
>Responses can go to this newsgroup; I'm interested in a discussion.
>
>		--Rich
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>kRich Siegel
> Staff Software Developer
> Symantec Corporation, Language Products Group
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>
> "She told me to make myself comfortable, so I pulled down my pants
> and sat in the pudding." -Emo Phillips
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Colin Ong
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Dept. LAWR
University of California
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