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- From: draper@ais.org (Patrick Draper)
- Subject: Re: URGENT!! Need advice on Borland upgrade by Dec 31st!
- Message-ID: <C054Cs.J2B@ais.org>
- Organization: UMCC
- References: <1992Dec31.004126.15578@galileo.cc.rochester.edu>
- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 20:17:14 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec31.004126.15578@galileo.cc.rochester.edu> ba2cs252@troi.cc.rochester.edu (Leonidas Hepis) writes:
- >I have a friend (13 years old) who has been using Turbo Pascal. He must decide
- >by Dec 31st if he should take advantage of an offer to upgrade to a Borland
- >Compiler for $150. He has learned Pascal on his own and likes spending time on
- >the computer programming. He would also like to write applications for the IBM.
- >Would the Borland compiler be much better for that purpose than Turbo Pascal?
- >Are there any other good reasons why he should take advantage of this offer,
- >such as the programming environment, flexibility of the language/compiler ?
- >
- >Here's what he has: Turbo Pascal (TP) 6.0
- >
- >Here's what he can get (for $150):
- >
- > Borland Pascal 7.0, plus
-
- Have you thought about getting a C compiler? This is not a religious thing,
- since I believe that both languages are well worth using. However, at age
- 13, diversity of experience is something that is developing, and being able
- to use two computer languages is a valuable thing.
-
- Besides, Turbo C++ for DOS is about 80 bucks.
-
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