Date   : Mon, 19 Dec 1983 14:33:45-PST
From   : Sam Hahn <SHahn@SUMEX-AIM.ARPA>
Subject: Re: Turbo Pascal ??

The documentation is a full (100+, probably closer to 150 pages) BOOK
       which serves both as a TurboPascal guide and a Pascal reference.

It does support floating point.  Or so the doc says, I haven't needed that
       feature yet, but is supposed to be 14-digit precision.

I pulled one of my existing 36k source files, and compiled WITH NO ERRORS,
       on the first pass (to disk: one of the compile modes. other is
       in memory, ready to run or debug.)

I have no personal stake in BI, but the software I got from them I consider
       an admirable way to be in business.  

                                       -- sam hahn [shahn@sumex]

PS.    Mod to comment #3.  Had to change some of the pointer manipulation
       calls.  BI claims this and file IO are the only deviations from
       "standard" (ISO?/ANSI?) Pascal.       -- sh

PPS.   identifiers can be <= 128 (I think) characters long.  Suffice it
       to say that I used a VMS Pascal source to test, and had no problems
       with identifiers.