Date   : Sun, 16 Mar 1986 02:08:50 GMT
From   : James Frost <madd%bucsb.uucp@BRL.ARPA>
Subject: Pascal for CP/M

As has been previously said, Turbo Pascal is a fantastic & cheap Pascal
for your micro.  I am currently using v3.0 on a Kaypro II (the slow
one) and I find it more than adequate.  The new version is $69, up
from $49, but worth every penny.  They are still supporting their
CP/M users, too.  I would recommend it over every other Pascal avail.
for CP/M machines just for its compile speed, but its superset of
Pascal standard functions/procedures and VERY nice documentation on
v3.0 make it even better.

How to get it?  I wouldn't go to my dealer unless he gives you a price
<$69.  Order it via mail, unless you need it now.  There are order forms
in magazines such as _Byte_ every month, and Borland *knows* what CP/M
is.  (That, by the way, is why I wouldn't go through a dealer.  It is
a common problem that dealers tend to be linear-minded.  It seems to be
IBM or "what?")

There are more good reasons to buy the language from them rather than
get any other compiler, regardless of price:
   * Their version gives such control over the computer, it is like
     having the power of C in a full scale language with reasonably
     complete error checking.
   * Most of the public domain prgs written in Pascal are in Turbo.
   * Turbo v3.0 is almost completely bug-free.  The only bug that I've
     heard rumored is in the overlay mechanism (see _Byte_, a couple
     of months back), and I have never used it, even though some of
     my programs were much too large for the built-in editor.
   * Interfaces quite well with the operating system.  Personally, I
     like having direct control over BIOS/BDOS routines without
     switching to assembler.
   * Upgradable.  I use it on both CPM & MSDOS machines.  It is useful
     to have it work on both -- program source is 100% portable, with
     the exception of machine-specific calls and in-line machine coding.

Sorry to all of you who have read these before from everyone else, but
there seem to be fewer and fewer CP/M users around today.  It is good
to have the best products available supported.

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