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From: hpoppe@bierstadt.ucar.edu (Herb Poppe)
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Subject: Re: Object Pascal
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Date: 11 May 89 16:26:25 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?

No, but I would like to.

>	- If so, why?
>	- If not, why not?

Even though my compiler supports Object Pascal, its documentation is
inadequate for me to undestand how to program with it.

>
>	- Do you use MacApp?

No, but I would like to. In fact, Apple has been making noises
that sound like it will be necessary to use OOP in order to develop
with some future version of the MacOS.

>	- If so, why?
>	- If not, why not?

Even though my compiler supports Object Pascal, it doesn't support
MacApp because of the way they handle segmenting: my compiler allows only
one segment per file; MacApp files can contain many segments.

>	- What Pascal compiler do you use?

THINK's Lightspeed Pascal 2.0.                                     .

> Rich Siegel
> Staff Software Developer
> Symantec Corporation, Language Products Group

I looked back through old issues of MacUser. The earliest ad for LSP 2.0
I found was August '88. The copy reads, in part:

"How about new Object Pascal support. For object oriented programming.
And soon, MacApp(TM)!"

Well, how about it! The compiler may support Object Pascal but the
documentation doesn't. 9-10 months have passed since Symantec promised
MacApp for LSP and they have yet to announce its availability. Since
it will probably take at least 3 months to deliver after announcing,
more than a year will have passed. I don't think that qualifies as "soon".

I liked LSP 1.0. I love LSP 2.0. BUT I WANT MACAPP! Please don't make me
buy MPW (gack).

(Thanks for asking the question Rich; please take our responses
and use them to club your management.)

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