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Re: Mac Pascal for teaching laboratory

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From: b_robinson
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 1991 00:45
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In article <1991Mar13.143800.3108@waikato.ac.nz>, phil@waikato.ac.nz writes:
> The Department of Maths & Stats here wants to get a simple Pascal compiler for
> use in a lab of 24 Mac Pluses/SEs with an AppleShare file server.  Mac Pascal
> from Symantec seems to be the most likely contender.  I am interested to hear
> from any users about its suitability for our intended use, or of anything else
> that might be out there that is cheaper and/or better for similar cost.
> 
> It will be used mainly be students doing introductory numerical analysis, so
> double precision arithmetic isn't essential.  No programming with the Mac
> interface is expected, so students will need to be able to get hard copy of
> their source and TEXT output.  Is this easy in Mac Pascal?
> -- 
> Phil Etheridge (phil@waikato.ac.nz)              Phax:  +64 +71 381 155
> Computer Services/Mathematics & Statistics       Phone: +64 +71 568 299 x 8339
> University of Waikato, Hamilton, NZ.                I'd rather be MTBing
THINKS PASCAL from Symantec can have the current window printed by a simple
device: select the window you want, then press <COMMAND><SHIFT>4.

Source can be printed at any time through PRINT on the FILE menu.

Barrie Robinson (b_robinson@tamar.compserv.utas.edu.au)
School of Humanities
University of Tasmania at Launceston		Phone: +61 +03 260211
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From: b_robinson@tamar.compserv.utas.edu.au
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Subject: Re: Mac Pascal for teaching laboratory
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Date: 15 Mar 91 00:45:38 GMT
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