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Why does nobody want Pegasus P?



So let me get this straight.  Pegasus Pascal:

     * compiles twice as fast as ORCA's compiler
     * doubles your productivity by it's clean design
     * has a project manager that makes big projects a snap
     * cross-compiles to other platforms
     * more feature-packed than Modula-2
     * costs half the price of Bytework's compilers
 
And
     * nobody wants it

OK.  So I spent a year of my life putting this together.  I can't live
without it.  And I had a really bad day today.  My question is:

    * why does nobody want it?

Is it beause:

    * too syntax-error free -- you'd rather impress your friends spending
      a week getting a short C or Pascal program to work?
    * "Pascal" in the name -- it can't be fast and powerful because
      ByteWork's Pascal is so useless--so all Pascal's are useless.
    * too easy to learn -- you don't want others to think you're using
      BASIC?
    * too many features -- to have a language this good on the IIGS, there
      must be hidden catches (like Byteworks spreadsheet QuickCalc)?
    * too cheap -- I want to be ripped off by ByteWorks' high prices?
    * hate the IIGS -- I don't want to write powerful new applications on
      a dead computer?  IIGS owners don't deserve quality.
    * other -- eg. I hate Canadians whose first name starts with 'K' &
      whose Master's focus was on language design?

Want part of this equation did I miss?  I need some answers, because I
don't want to waste my time programming miracles for the IIGS if nobody
wants them.
  Note that our Usenet connection isn't that good--if you post, better
email a summary to me.

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Ken O Burtch (Quest/Hoard, Pegasus Pascal, DrawTools): Pegasoft
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