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Article #385Re: Turbo the standard? I think not.
From: Timo Salmi
Date: Wed, 08 May 1991 19:31
Date: Wed, 08 May 1991 19:31
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In article <1497@caslon.cs.arizona.edu> shack@cs.arizona.edu (David Shackelford) writes: >In article <?.bGejk$1@cs.psu.edu> hvozda@mirkwood.endor.cs.psu.edu (Eric S Hvozda) writes: >> >>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) : But which is more essential. What the market decides (that is what the users buy and use), or what some committee expounds that we should want and use. Standards are good when they bring sensible harmonization, standards are bad when they stand in the way of useful delopments. I plead my CASE if you'll pardon the pun. ................................................................... Prof. Timo Salmi Moderating at garbo.uwasa.fi anonymous ftp archives 128.214.12.37 School of Business Studies, University of Vaasa, SF-65101, Finland Internet: ts@chyde.uwasa.fi Funet: gado::salmi Bitnet: salmi@finfun
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!uupsi!sunic!news.funet.fi!uwasa.fi!ts From: ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi) Newsgroups: comp.org.acm Subject: Re: Turbo the standard? I think not. Message-ID: <1991May8.193150.5050@uwasa.fi> Date: 8 May 91 19:31:50 GMT References: <1991May3.150303.22506@mcs.kent.edu> <6X3B-PB@xds13.ferranti.com> <1494@caslon.cs.arizona.edu> <?.bGejk$1@cs.psu.edu> <1497@caslon.cs.arizona.edu> Organization: University of Vaasa Lines: 18