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From: catone@dsl.cis.upenn.edu.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal
Subject: Re: Borlands new magazine
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Date: Thu, 3-Dec-87 19:05:29 EST
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Posted: Thu Dec  3 19:05:29 1987
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Reply-To: catone@dsl.cis.upenn.edu.UUCP (Tony Catone)
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I disagree with your complaints on the strong Borland flavor of this
news group.  Certainly discussing language design issues in the abstract
has a value, but applying these abstract principles to real problems
using real compilers (no flames about Turbo Pascal being a real compiler,
please :-) is at least as valuable.  And although I personally agree
with your comment on Borland's nonstandard implementation, and have 
several serious complaints (along with some compliments) on this point,
fighting de facto standards is a long and painful journey often of 
questionable value to all involved.

					- Tony
					  catone@dsl.cis.upenn.edu
					  catone@wharton.upenn.edu