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I posted this this afternoon but it doesn't appear in my news so I will
post it again.  Sorry if you get this twice.

Hello to everyone (and please accept my apologies if I'm posting this in the
wrong newsgroup.  Please respond to my request for advice, since we are so close
to New Year's holidays and many people are away from the net!  Your e-mail may
be the only one I will get!)

I have a friend (13 years old) who has been using Turbo Pascal.  He must decide
by Dec 31st if he should take advantage of an offer to upgrade to a Borland
Compiler for $150.  He has learned Pascal on his own and likes spending time on
the computer programming.  He would also like to write applications for the IBM.
Would the Borland compiler be much better for that purpose than Turbo Pascal?
Are there any other good reasons why he should take advantage of this offer, 
such as the programming environment, flexibility of the language/compiler ?

Here's what he has:  Turbo Pascal (TP) 6.0

Here's what he can get (for $150):

        Borland Pascal 7.0, plus
                Turbo assembler
                TP 7.0
                TP for Windows
                Turbo Debugger
                Turbo Profiler
                Object Browser
                DOS Extender
                write foe DOS protected mode
                open architecture
                WinFight
                WinSpector
                Object Windows (?)
                and some other stuff, including sample code


Please reply to me ba2cs252@troi.cc.rochester.edu .  All comments welcome!

Thanks, and have a good New Year's!

-leo