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Date: Sat, 12-Jan-85 03:04:25 EST
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 >   As long as discussion has turned to Pascal, someone tell me this:
 > 	How does the *&$#%@ thing work ?!?!?!?
 >   Is it true the P Kahn is from the 14th dimension?

When I first saw a TURBO Pascal ad (about a year ago), I figured it had to
be some sort of scam or at least gross deception.  I phoned and asked for a
review copy (I was writing a Pascal column for IBM Softalk at the time),
ready to rip it to shreds when it arrived.  Instead, I wrote such a glowing
(if slightly incredulous) review that Borland quotes me in their ads.  I've
asked Philippe Kahn about it on a number of occasions, and he just tells me
that it's a "simple recursive-descent compiler" and "I'm surprised that 
nobody else has come out with one."  I still think it's magic.
						..bruce..
					Bruce Webster, Contr. Ed., BYTE
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