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TURBO PASCAL is a product of Borland International. The programs on this disk
use many of its extended features, so they are probably not compilable by some
other PASCALs. However, TURBO only costs $50, so if you are just dying to
improve some of these programs, the cost is within reach.
The main differences between TURBO and other PASCALs is one of efficiency.
Programs compile very fast, in just one pass. Execution time for compiled
programs is also good. The editor comes as a WORDSTAR clone, but you can
completely change it at will. If a program being compiled to memory fails,
you are dumped back into the editor at the exact spot the error occurred.
Also, the magazines report that TURBO-compiled programs generally take up
less disk space.
The main disadvantage of TURBO, if it is one, is that it generates ".COM"
files only. Thus the code cannot exceed 64K. However, unless you are doing
some kind of big project, it's HARD to come up with 64K. If you do, CHAINing
and OVERLAYS are built in.