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From: siegel@endor.harvard.edu (Rich Siegel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: LSP 2.0 Upgrade: Is it worth it?
Keywords: LSP2.0 Pascal Programming
Message-ID: <1931@husc6.harvard.edu>
Date: 25 May 89 12:12:33 GMT
References: <1989May24.123418.5967@mntgfx.mentor.com>
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In article <1989May24.123418.5967@mntgfx.mentor.com> bruceh@mntgfx.mentor.com (Bruce Holm) writes:
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>I still have LSP v1.11.  I am aware that the current version is 2.01.
>I am trying to decide if the upgrade is worth it (~$49 + s/h).
>

	In addition to that which I've mentioned, I might add that Lightspeed
Pascal 2.0 also works correctly on newer machines and under MultiFinder; the
code generator is more reliable, and  the runtime libraries are much improved
in performance and reliability. The Toolbox interfaces are up to date with
respect to MPW Pascal 2.02, which means they include the routines up to
and including Inside Mac volume 5.

	The Pascal extensions aren't for "use" with MPW Pascal, they're
for compatibility. The extensions include such features as LHS typecasting,
function result qualification, EXIT, CYCLE, LEAVE, constant expressions,
and short-circuit Boolean operators. These features are useful even if
you don't use MPW Pascal.

	The new source debugger adds the ability (in LightsBug) to display
variables symbolically, rather than in hex, and to explode structured and
pointer-based types to view their contents symbolically.

	The manual's also been rewritten, and includes more information
and demo programs.

	IMHO, $49 isn't a whole lot to ask, considering what you get.

		--Rich




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 Rich Siegel
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