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From: lugrin@gvasa.DEC
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: Turbo pascal versus COMPAS Pascal
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Date: Mon, 12-Mar-84 07:44:39 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar 12 07:44:39 1984
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I have no documentation of Turbo pascal.  But I have evaluated
COMPAS Pascal, which seems to me very very similar.  COMPAS Pascal
is a product of

	Poly-Data microcenter ApS
	Aaboulevarden 13
	DK - 1960  Copenhagen V

which sell for a few hundreds $.  I am trying to known if both
products are completly separates or if they are two names of the
same product.  Here is a short description of COMPAS Pascal:

   There is a Z80, a CPM-86 and a MSDOS version. They all have:

- Combined Compiler/ Editor Run-time library in ~32kb
- Full screen editor
- Very high compilation speed (>2000 lines/minutes)
- Dynamic strings (like UCSD)
- Structured constants
- Program chaining with common variables
- Include files
- Operating sysytem support functions
- InLine machine code and external subroutines (in a limited way)

   For Z80 version: Automatic overlay

The MSDOS/ CPM-86 version make full use of memory and has a better
editor (to my point of view).

I found it was an excellent product, which should at least replace all usage
of Basic interpreters.  But I would like to known if there is any relation
between Turbo and Compas Pascal,  and what is the price of Turbo Pascal
in the USA.

I have no relations with Poly-Data microcenter.  My opinions do not
engage my company.

Jean-Marc Lugrin,  Geneva    ...decvax!decwrl!rhea!gva01!gvasa!lugrin