Mike Westerfield  wrote:

> On Jun 4, 6:33?pm, Michael Kent  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.

Yes.  I already have Opus II - The Software (but not The Source).  Got
it for that very reason.  My intent is to learn GS and then toolbox
programming with GSoft BASIC, at some point switch to Pascal, and then
to finally teach myself C.  The "Learn to Program..." and
"Toolbox Pro-
gramming..." books were a big reason why I chose Orca.

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

I have the Hardware Reference manual, but that's it.  The others are on
my shopping list.

Mike

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