🚀 go-pugleaf

RetroBBS NetNews Server

Inspired by RockSolid Light RIP Retro Guy

Article View: comp.sys.mac
Article #34653

Re: Lightspeed Pascal 2.0 Ships!

#34653
From: Steve Bollinger
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 1988 15:48
33 lines
1982 bytes
>>Does it add an 'unsigned' data type modifier
>
>       No.

Aaw, please give us 'word' types (unsigned 2-byte integers).  I use them all
he time on Turbo Pascal for the IBM, and I really feel the y add something to a
language.


"sigline" 11 lines, 781 characters

In article <622@husc6.harvard.edu> siegel@endor.UUCP (Rich Siegel) writes:
>In article <24515@sri-unix.SRI.COM> larson@unix.sri.com (Alan Larson) writes:

>>Does it add an 'unsigned' data type modifier
>
>       No.

Aaw, please give us 'word' types (unsigned 2-byte integers).  I use them all
the time on Turbo Pascal for the IBM, and I really feel they add something to a
language.


+----------------------+----------------------------------------------------+
| Steve Bollinger      | Internet: billkatt@caen.engin.umich.edu            |
| 4297 Sulgrave Dr.    +------+---------------------------------------------+
| Swartz Creek, Mi. 48473     | "My employer doesn't take my opinion any    |
+-----------------------------+  more seriously than you do."               |
| "You remember the IIe, it   +---------------------------------------------+
| was the machine Apple made before they decided people didn't need         |
| machines with big screens, color, or slots."                              |
|                                 - Harry Anderson (from NBC's Night Court) |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Technical Details
Message-ID: <3fccef25.12e8e@scottie.engin.umich.edu>
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!caen.engin.umich.edu!billkatt
References: <594@husc6.harvard.edu> <24515@sri-unix.SRI.COM> <622@husc6.harvard.edu>

Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!caen.engin.umich.edu!billkatt
From: billkatt@caen.engin.umich.edu (Steve Bollinger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Lightspeed Pascal 2.0 Ships!
Message-ID: <3fccef25.12e8e@scottie.engin.umich.edu>
Date: 21 Nov 88 15:48:00 GMT
References: <594@husc6.harvard.edu> <24515@sri-unix.SRI.COM> <622@husc6.harvard.edu>
Reply-To: billkatt@caen.engin.umich.edu (Steve Bollinger)
Organization: caen
Lines: 33