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Why does nobody want Pegasus P?
- Subject: Why does nobody want Pegasus P?
- From: ken@tiamet.uucp (Ken O Burtch)
- Date: 16 Sep 94 20:31:31 GMT
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2, comp.sys.apple2.programmer
- Organization: Pegasoft, Ontario, Canada -- Games, Utilities, Usenet
- Xref: bga.com comp.sys.apple2:10487 comp.sys.apple2.programmer:1742
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.
--
Ken O Burtch (Quest/Hoard, Pegasus Pascal, DrawTools): Pegasoft
Alternate email :ncrcan!coutts!tiamet!ken@uunet.ca : R.R.#1 Honsberger Ave
Bio: 28;BSc,UI,Lang,Games;Toons,Elves,SF,Pizza;Xian : Jordan Station,ON,Canada
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