Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!brl-tgr!tgr!bang!crash!bwebster@Nosc.ARPA From: bwebster@Nosc.ARPA Newsgroups: net.micro.cpm Subject: TURBO Pascal Message-ID: <7252@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Sat, 12-Jan-85 03:04:25 EST Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.7252 Posted: Sat Jan 12 03:04:25 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 15-Jan-85 00:46:55 EST Sender: news@brl-tgr.ARPA Organization: Ballistic Research Lab Lines: 16 > 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 bang!crash!bwebster@nosc {ihnp4 | sdcsvax!bang}!crash!bwebster