Turbo the standard? I think not. (was Re: Contests (was Re: Yet another posting...:)))

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From: Eric S Hvozda
Date: Tue, 07 May 1991 19:23

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In article <1494@caslon.cs.arizona.edu> shack@cs.arizona.edu (David Shackelford) writes:
>I have a decidedly PC-oriented viewpoint in this area.  Turbo IS the
>standard Pascal, IMHO.  Other Pascals need to change to the Turbo way
>of doing things. (With exception of machine-specifics).  When I
>program in "standard" Pascal I get completely lost because you can't
>do ANYTHING in it!

Turbo is NOT standard.  Since when is a ELSE on a CASE statement standard?
If one knows standard PASCAL, turbo is nothing.  BTW, the type STRING(n) 
is not standard either.  The standard way is PACKED ARRAY [1..x] OF string
where string = PACKED ARRAY [1..n] OF CHAR;  What is the reasoning behind
saying that Turbo is the standard?  Given it is used widely, but wide usage
does not make a standard.
--
Ack!                             esh101@psuvm.psu.edu             ESH101@PSUVM
hvozda@vivaldi.psu.edu           hvozda@endor.cs.psu.edu          DoD #0217

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