Re: GSoft BASIC Ramble

[Mike Westerfield <MikeW50@aol.com>]

On Jun 4, 6:33 pm, Michael Kent <n.k...@webtv.remove.this.com> wrote:
> Complete Pascal is one of the first languages after GSoft BASIC I'll
> check out when I take up GS programming.  My only experience with Pascal,
> though, was Apple Pascal back my the days of the Apple II+.  I hated it.
> It was way too structured compared to the free-wheeling Applesoft spag-
> hetti code I was used to writing.

Another alternative for learning Pascal on the Apple IIGS is ORCA/
Pascal, which comes with the Opus ][ disc. The reason I mention it is
that you seem to be looking for samples and tutorials, and you will
find both an introductory Pascal programming course which concentrates
on the language, not the toolbox, and a second course that assumes you
know Pascal and covers toolbox programming. You might even be able to
use the books with Complete Pascal, although I obviously never tried.
(ORCA/Pascal is an extension of ISO Standard Pascal; Complete Pascal
is not. There are some differences, both in the core language and in
the extensions.) The Opus ][ source code disc also has a number of
large Pascal programs that you can browse, both toolbox programs and
non-toolbox programs.

If you don't have it, the other essential reference is the toolbox
programming books.

Mike