Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2.fluke 9/24/84; site fluke.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxj!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!microsoft!fluke!kurt From: kurt@fluke.UUCP (Kurt Guntheroth) Newsgroups: net.micro.cbm Subject: Re: PROMAL query Message-ID: <216@vax2.fluke.UUCP> Date: Tue, 8-Jan-85 11:48:47 EST Article-I.D.: vax2.216 Posted: Tue Jan 8 11:48:47 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 11-Jan-85 07:13:53 EST References: <315@aesat.UUCP> Organization: John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc., Everett, WA Lines: 20 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. {uw-beaver,decvax!microsof,ucbvax!lbl-csam,allegra,ssc-vax}!fluke!kurt