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From: taylor@hplabsz.HP.COM (Dave Taylor)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Pascal Benchmarks and Samples Wanted
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Date: 6 Dec 88 05:17:41 GMT
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Hi.  I'll be getting LightSpeed Pascal (not sure which version
yet, hopefully 2.0), MPW (again, not sure what version) and Turbo
Pascal for the purpose of writing a product review/comparison
for an upcoming issue of "Computer Language" magazine (put out
by Miller-Freeman in San Francisco).

To aid in my evaluation of the different environments, I would
be most appreciative and delighted if anyone out there can send
me some benchmark programs (eg. "the sieve", "drystones", &c.).

I would also be interested in a couple of reasonably large,
multi-file software packages that use the Toolkit extensively.
If they turn out to be fun games, well, that'd be okay. ;-)

Oh yeah! One other thing: Anyone who has anything interesting
to say about any of the three Pascal software development
environments (after all, I would hope they're more than just
compilers!!) feel free to send your comments to me, though I
will be more enthused about positive comments than flames
on a specific product.

As always with my articles, this will have an acknowledgements
section -- just think: you could have your name in LIGHTS!  :-)

[well, not lights, per se -- printed media aren't quite up to
 that challenge yet -- but at least in print!]

			Thanks!

						-- Dave Taylor


Intuitive Systems
816 Amber Lane / Los Altos CA / 94022

guest of Hewlett-Packard Laboratories: taylor@hplabs.hp.com