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From: leonard@bucket.UUCP (Leonard Erickson)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal
Subject: Re: old .TPUs under TP5.5???
Keywords: converter?
Message-ID: <1968@bucket.UUCP>
Date: 21 Feb 90 06:43:09 GMT
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Organization: Rick's Home-Grown UNIX; Portland, OR.
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scott@boa.gatech.edu writes:

>It would appear that Units compiled with previous versions of Turbo Pascal
>do not work with version 5.5.  This is rather frustrating, as there is
>a lot of PD/shareware TP stuff out there that is only available in .TPU
>form.  Is there a program to convert old units to the new format?  Is such
>a thing possible?  Does anyone know what the differences in format are?

From what I've been told, the guy "in charge" of Turbo Pascal refuses to
commit to any kind of "standard" for unit structure. Apparently he is 
paranoid about the possibility that if he commits to one he may later need
to extend it in an incompatible manner. So he feels free to change the
structure any way he pleases between versions (BTW, TP5.5 units say that
they are TP6 units...)

I think I saw a conversion program, but it wasn't guaranteed to work.
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