Re: PP Lament Results

[ken@tiamet.uucp (Ken O Burtch)]

David Empson wrote:
>In article <Cwts15.6MA@tiamet.uucp>, Ken O Burtch <ken@tiamet.uucp> wrote:
>> 
>> g. Why learn an oddball language when the IIgs isn't forever? (D. Empson)
>> 
>>    I added the cross-compiling features to compensate for the "oddball"-
>>    ness of the language.  Just because you write a program in Pegasus
>>    Pascal doesn't mean that you're software is orphaned on the IIgs.
>
>No, but it would mean that I have to continue using the IIgs as a
>development platform.  If I went to a more powerful computer, it seems
>rather odd to have to use a cross-compiler running on a slow platform
>to write programs for a fast one!

Absolutely, except for two things:
   1. Cross-compiler options on other platforms are very sparse.
   2. Not everyone has/wants a faster computer.  That was clear from
      the email I received: some people (like myself) can't afford a
      new computer, and some, for whatever reasons, actually like to work
      on the Apple IIgs :).
Pegasus Pascal is a cheap alternative.

>> j. Most are comfortable with the languages they are using. (David Empson)
>> 
>>    So why aren't IIgs applications written in Applesoft?
>
>Because you can't!  I was talking about IIgs programmers who are
>already writing IIgs programs in native IIgs languages.

Actually you can, albeit with ridiculous fudging.  But that's my point:
better things can come along.  Whether or not you thing PP offers
enough advantages for your projects is another questions.  For me, it
does.

>Yes.  I _like_ curly brackets.  :-)

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