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Article #344Re: The case for Borland's Turbo Pa
From: brian
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1986 16:10
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1986 16:10
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As far as using Turbo Pascal for quick program development, I don't
think that there is anything that beats it. Sure, other compilers may
COMPILE as fast -- but, gee whiz, I think that the whole task of reading
the code from disk, compiling it, and writing an executable is the
actual COMPILE step. (Heck, my car could have a 400 horsepower engine in it,
but I don't go very fast because it only runs in first gear).
Oh, and if you think that other pascal compilers are comparable to turbo
as far as compile speed if you compile from disk, I think you are wrong.
Try compiling with source code on disk (use the M option in the compiler
to define a main file name, which INCLUDES program source on disk) and
compile it to a .COM file - It will be quite a bit faster than Microsoft's
Pascal compiler.
That is what the development process is sometimes all about -- trying new
stuff as quickly as possible. Then use microsoft's compiler to generate the
production code (if you think it is really necessary).
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