Re: Instant Pascal screenshots

["Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com>]

mdj wrote:
> On Aug 14, 4:03 pm, PZ <skierp...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > As I recall, Instant Pascal was impressive, but didn't offer a
> > compiler on the GS, only the Mac version offered compilation I
> > believe.  Instant Pascal was intended more for an educational
> > environment, and to groom people for programming on the Mac.
>
>
> Instant Pascal was 128k IIe/IIc ...
>
> It was quite a feat on such hardware - the problem was always that it
> implied a platform that didn't really exist, insofar that the
> underlying functionality of Instant Pascal was only sufficient to
> support itself, and not general purpose applications.
>
> I've always admired applications of this ilk, which gave you an idea
> of what *could* be done, if only you had just a little more....

Unfortunately, it seems to be much more popular to create applications
that do just enough to give you an idea of what *could* be done, if
only you could figure out how to use it...  ;-)

-michael

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