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In article <1992Dec31.004126.15578@galileo.cc.rochester.edu> ba2cs252@troi.cc.rochester.edu (Leonidas Hepis) writes:
>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

Have you thought about getting a C compiler? This is not a religious thing,
since I believe that both languages are well worth using. However, at age
13, diversity of experience is something that is developing, and being able
to use two computer languages is a valuable thing.

Besides, Turbo C++ for DOS is about 80 bucks.


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