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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?

I know this doesn't answer your questions but I feel I should point out:

Mac Pascal, i.e. Macintosh Pascal, is by Apple.
If it's by Symantec, you're thinking of THINK Pascal.

Macintosh Pascal is interpreted, THINK Pascal is compiled.
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