Re: Please help me build an Apple IIGS for my son

[limtc <thyechean@gmail.com>]

I agreed with you on this. That's why I already said both Applesoft
and TML Pascal II are good solution My son has learned Applesoft (in a
week), and he preferes TML Pascal II more (he said it is more English
like). I also prefer to teach him TML Pascal II simply because:

- TML Pascal II IDE is more natural to him - not saying better - than
Program Writer he is using for Basic editing.
- TML Pascal II has super hires support, this is better than HGR
- TML Pascal II has a better language, and introduce structural
programming

So between these 2, and if you do have an Apple IIGS, TML Pascal II is
a better choice for prototying. I can't find anything like these 2 in
PC and Mac... and still looking.

On 8 17 ,   4 30 , "Michael J. Mahon" <mjma...@aol.com> wrote:
> limtc wrote:

> Unless your son is more artist than programmer, HGR will more than
> satisfy his need for graphics--including the nature of the speed vs.
> detail compromises that are *always* involved in graphics coding.
>
> Experience with any good HGR game will demonstrate this.

> I found (and still find) Applesoft to be a great prototyping
> environment--especially when combined with Program Writer as
> a full-screen editor/renumberer, etc.
>
> It's easy to sit down and dash off a program to try out an
> idea, which is, for me, quite important.
>
> -michael