Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site pucc-h Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhuxt!mhuxi!mhuxa!houxm!hocda!spanky!burl!sb1!ll1!otuxa!we13!ihnp4!ixn5c!inuxc!pur-ee!CSvax:Pucc-H:acu From: CSvax:Pucc-H:acu@pur-ee.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Re: JRT pascal complaints Message-ID: <159@pucc-h> Date: Sun, 31-Jul-83 01:53:57 EDT Article-I.D.: pucc-h.159 Posted: Sun Jul 31 01:53:57 1983 Date-Received: Wed, 3-Aug-83 16:43:23 EDT References: <3428@sri-arpa.UUCP> Organization: PUCC Lines: 19 In the latest (August 8th) InfoWorld, there is an ad for (wonder of wonders) JRT Pascal 4.0! The two striking differences between this and v3 are (according to the ad) that the new release compiles "twice as fast" as the old one, and they will ship your version 4.0 within 48 hours of receiving your check (imagine that!). It wasn't surprising to find that JRT is no longer distributing the package themselves (a firm named BlueEarth is doing it (anybody heard of them?)), and the price is now $100 (the manual without compiler is $40!).... The ad made no mention of update availablity for those of us who waited (and waited) for v3. Mark Shoemaker ...!pur-ee!pucc-h.acu