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- Turbo Pascal vs. "C"
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- The IBM PC
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- Turbo Pascal is more productive for IBM PC's than "C" or "C++". It
- is written specifically for the PC, where "C/C++" must be compatible
- across hardware. Quicker software development results from:
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- [X] Strong type checking, to immediately pinpoint errors
- [X] Compile times that are faster by an order of magnitude
- [X] A language that is far easier to learn
- [X] Programs that are nearly self documenting
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- About the only things you would not use it for are operating systems
- and device drivers -- less than 1% of standard programming tasks.
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- Few programmers use only a single language, any more than most
- computers run only one program. New programmers find it easier to
- start with Turbo Pascal, before learning other languages, rather than
- break their teeth on "C" first. And, unless there is significant
- reason to use another language, Turbo Pascal is by far a favorite.