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- From: jagrant@emr1.emr.ca (John Grant)
- Subject: Re: Pascal compiler for NT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.033213.14767@emr1.emr.ca>
- Organization: Energy, Mines, and Resources, Ottawa
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- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 03:32:13 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan27.025529.5346@netcom.com> samiam@netcom.com (Scott Moore) writes:
- >jagrant@emr1.emr.ca (John Grant) writes:
- >
- >> Borland has an EEP (Early Experience Program) for their C++
- >> for NT (I guess this is some sort of beta release). Perhaps
- >> they also have EEP for their Pascal. I don't use Pascal,
- >> but isn't Borland Pascal the de facto best (on Intel)?
- >
- >Borland does not seem to be pushing their Pascal towards NT. Note that
- >creating an NT compiler is not just a matter of rewriting the libraries.
- >You must come up with a whole new code generator (32 bits).
- >I also note that Borlands products are in complete disregard of the ISO and
- >ANSI standards (despite statements to the contrary in their manuals).
- The DDVT incompatibility is well-known - what are some of
- the other ISO & ANSI conflicts?
-
- (ps: 'samiam' - one of my favourite books :)
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- John A. Grant jagrant@emr1.emr.ca
- Airborne Geophysics
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