Re: Instant Pascal screenshots

[limtc <thyechean@gmail.com>]

There is a difference. Instant Pascal cannot create a standalone full
screen application. Applesoft Basic can, and is also natively
supported by the OS (can simply run the program).

On 8 15 ,   9 43 , mdj <mdj....@gmail.com> wrote:

> Indeed, it's an interpreter - hence "Instant" Pascal.
>
> I don't think it's any more of a "toy" than Applesoft is. It would
> have been nice had the interpreter component been kept sufficiently
> seperate from the IDE that it could have become a platform. I suspect
> however, as I hinted in my previous post, that insufficient machine
> resources remained to create anything other than fairly simple
> programs, so I suppose the it's only useful for producing "toys" - but
> nonetheless a superb educational tool considering the limitations of
> the platform.
>
> Matt