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From: kurt@fluke.UUCP (Kurt Guntheroth)
Newsgroups: net.micro.cbm
Subject: Re: PROMAL query
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Date: Tue, 8-Jan-85 11:48:47 EST
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Posted: Tue Jan  8 11:48:47 1985
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Organization: John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc., Everett, WA
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I too have recently gotten the PROMAL hype sheet.  The sheet was very
effective in convincing me to order the product.  I almost sent for it.  

Here are the catches.  Listed out of context with the rest of the hype they
look somewhat more serious, and this is what decided me against buying
PROMAL immediately.

    No data structures (records)
    Only 1-dimensional arrays
    No RS232 device support
    compilation speed is 10 lines per second (not that fast)
    no support for graphics

They promise to fix most of these problems in subsequent versions.  Then I
will buy.  Right now, if I buy something it is more likely to be Pascal,
probably from Abacus.  Anybody got one of these yet?  How about a review?
-- 
Kurt Guntheroth
John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc.
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