Re: Mystic PASCAL

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From: rsweeney
Date: Sun, 08 Feb 1987 20:48

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In article <1389@bnrmtv.UUCP> perkins@bnrmtv.UUCP (Henry Perkins) writes:
> [...]
>"JRT Pascal" is the classic example of "vaporware".  It is VERY UNLIKELY
>that "Mystic Pascal" is as good as it sounds.

JRT Pascal wasn't vaporware by the classic definition - it did in fact
exist.  However, it was advertised as being a more or less "full"
implementation of the language, when in fact it was nothing of the sort.
People bought it on such promises, and then discovered its severe
shortcomings - and got more than a little bit angry.

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From: rsweeney@dasys1.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.lang.pascal
Subject: Re: Mystic PASCAL
Message-ID: <216@dasys1.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 8-Feb-87 15:48:21 EST
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Posted: Sun Feb  8 15:48:21 1987
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Summary: JRT Pascal not exactly vaporware

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