Date   : Tue, 28 May 1985 20:35:21 GMT
From   : "R.Thomas" <rbt%sftig.uucp@BRL.ARPA>
Subject: Re: BORLAND TURBO PASCAL - New release???????

> > > **I am interested in purchasing borland turbo pascal
> > > but i had heard a rumor that a new version is soon to hi*
> > > hit the market.  Can anyone confirm or deny the rumor??
> > > 
> > > thx in advance     stu loventhal  ..dual!ptsfa!stu
> > 
> > Ya, version 3.0 is out and has been for a month or more.  I have my
> > copy.  There shouldn't be a newer one that 3.0
> > -- 
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> >    ({!seismo,!ihnp4}!uwvax!astroatc!nicmad!brown)
> 
> 
>   I would like to know if anyone has tried this new version (3.0) of 
> Turbo Pascal in CP/M.  An earlier version was flawed in that recursion was
> not properly implemented:  a procedure that called itself using pass-by-
> reference  (i.e. passing the parameters using   var: name  ) did not
> work properly, and it was even mentioned in the manual briefly under
> "differences between standard Pascal and Turbo Pascal".  If anyone knows
> if this problem has been solved in the new version, could you please 
> respond on net.lang.pascal?
> 
> Patrick Strauss

I have version 3.0 for CPM/80.  It is just as great as you have heard, but
they havent fixed the recursion bug.  From the sound of the manual, it looks
like they have no intention of fixing it, either.

Rick Thomas
ihnp4!attunix!rbt