Re: Why does nobody want Pegasus P?

[Bill North <north@spso.gsfc.nasa.gov>]

In article <Cw8p0M.LwJ@tiamet.uucp>
Ken O Burtch, ken@tiamet.uucp writes:
>So let me get this straight.  Pegasus Pascal:
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>And
>     * nobody wants it
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>    * why does nobody want it?

The IIgs programming community is small. The only remaining
"hotbeds" are the assembly "oldtimers" and C "newtimers."

Look at what's been posted in cba2. The last posted pascal
program was Wiggle(?). And it was a rarity. Whatever its merits
as a language, pascal (of any flavor) does not seem to be in
much commercial demand among the IIgs remnants.

I might be interested in your DrawTools package (if no royalties/
licensing are required), but your GS+ ad mentions interfaces
for everything except C. The largest remaining "new" market
seems to be for C (because of GNO), and you don't support it.

The C vs pascal war is being waged elsewhere (many elsewheres).
It might be interesting to know Byteworks' comparative sales
numbers. Short of that, I observe that pascal on the IIgs
appears to be dying/dead.

/*  Bill North -- north@spso.gsfc.nasa.gov  */