Prospero compiler_(re)

Tue, 28 Nov 1995 14:31:42 +0000 (GMT)

Hello, Peter Gerwinski! You wrote:
> 
> Dear Chief,
> 
> > Prospero's compiler is commercial. There is one for OS/2 (which I reviewed
> > in the May '95 edition of the Pascal Magazine) and there is one for DOS
> > (which I have never seen). The OS/2 version is pretty good, and also
> > supports ISO Pascal standards.
> 
> That's nice, but I have no money to get anything commercial in the
> moment :-( I have spent all my money on Borland compiler updates.

I know the feeling - and I am not happy with Borland at all.

>  (But nothing for Windoze!  Only for (Novell) DOS.)

Lucky you. I have some shareware programs (a Windows installer and
uninstaller, and a command interpreter for Windows), and my users are
demanding Win32 versions. MS have moved the goal posts (-->> Win32) and I
have no choice other than follow, or lose my users to competitors, some of
whom already have Win32 versions, while I am still waiting for Borland.

> > I think you can get Prospero by e-mail;
> >    tpm2info@prospero.demon.co.uk
> 
> To buy or to look at or to steal?  That's an important difference for me,
> especially because the only thing I would do with it would be to extract
> out the Extended Pascal standard in order to get a better feeling how to
> improve GPC further.

Hmmmm .... I am not sure you would get anything from Prospero that you
couldn't get by just reading the EP specifications, so  you don't really
need Prospero at all. It is not cheap either. If you are prepared to review
the compiler for some computer magazine, they might send you a free review
copy. They sent me one, for my review in the Pascal Magazine.

-- 
Warmest regards,
The Chief
---------
Dr. Abimbola A. Olowofoyeku  (The African Chief)
Keele University, England    (and, The Great Elephant)
Email: laa12@keele.ac.uk      or,  chief@mep.com

A.A. Olowofoyeku (laa12@cc.keele.ac.uk)