Re: Kyan Pascal - new insights

[hochstrasse@urz.unibas.ch]

In article <mark-210793093042@128.157.9.145>, mark@pokey.jsc.nasa.gov (Mark Manning) writes:
 
> Um..... are we talking about the same Kyan Pascal?
> 
> My Kyan Pascal uses unix-like statements.  Such as:
> 
> cp <from file> <to file>
> mv <from file> <to file>
> 
I think there is some confusion...
Wulf talks about the Apple Pascal, (also called UCSD Pascal). In
principle it's a feature-laden good pascal, but the custom OS is
a pain in the neck. It isn't in any way compatible with Prodos.
(i.e. you need the Converter program to copy files to prodos disks,
or, of course, you can use the Pascal FST on the GS...)
Kyan Pascal is a completely different story:
-No UCSD extensions: no Units, no dynamic strings, but...
-Runs under Prodos! Very compatible! That's what I liked most...
The kix-commands are a completely different story: they're standalone
programs, which use a lot of disk space although they probably share
a big deal of code...It would be better if KIX would load a shell
containig the basic routines in one package. (They can't reside in
KIX itself, because memory is very limited in the Prodos Quit-Code.)

BTW, a couple of years ago I wrote a MS-DOS-commandline emulator
which implements this scheme. If you like, I could dig it out.
(But beware, it's very primitive...)

--Urs