Borland Mac Pascal

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From: J. Eric Roskos
Date: Sun, 03 Mar 1985 20:48

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After reading all the recent comments and queries about whether or not
Borland was coming out with a Mac Pascal, and after deciding it would be
better to wait on Turbo Pascal than buy a $500 C compiler if such a thing
was really coming, I wrote a letter to Philippe Kahn. I said that I thought
it was a mistake not to produce a Mac version, especially since producing
an Amiga compiler would yield a Mac compiler with relatively little effort.
His reply: "When you see the Amiga, you will probably understand that the
machine is to the Mac what Turbo Pascal is to Pascal compilers for the
IBM PC.  It's awesome!   ...  PS - Yes, we will have a version of Turbo
Pascal for the Mac . . . `real soon now'."

And there you have it... whether or not the Mac is technologically
superior, whether or not what's been said before is true or not, a machine
that is announced WITH Turbo Pascal probably will sell well ...
especially if "real soon" comes after the Amiga is announced.

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