I used a version of Pascal about 15 years ago in high school.  It
was ¨pretty easy, but I'm a lot older and denser now.  I'd like to re-learn
Pascal ¨with a method of other than attempting to figure out non-lesson
oriented ¨source code.  Can anyone suggest a book, and/or a free compiler
with lessons? ¨Even a text book would be awesome.

       I'm looking to get familiar with this language once again so I can
¨tackle EleXER (a pascal based language for EleBBS modules) and the EleBBS
¨source code.  I used to be quite bright, but now with a much more limited
¨attention span, it's a bit more difficult.  I've looked at a little
¨undocumented (and even documented) source and it was completely
¨undecipherable at my currently diminished skill level.  I'm at a state
where ¨I don't even understand file structures, unfortunately.

        I have used a little perl, but I have to constantly refer to the
book ¨and fix tons of coding errors.  I don't mind that, I learn and
hopefully ¨remember.  I'd like something similar to the Perl in a Nutshell
book for ¨Pascal.  Preferably TP7 (which I did own a while back, but was
completely ¨confused) or any pascal compiler that's free if there is such a
thing.

       To finish, a lesson based book for beginners (even (or maybe
¨especially) a text book or two; if more than one, I'd like them to
¨complement eachother) and a clue on how to get a free (or reasonably
priced, ¨I'm pretty low income) pascal compiler are my main needs.  I'm not
positive ¨what I'll do, so I really can't help pinpoint my needs, but I
will be doing ¨some CGI along with EleXER and once I'm brave enough and
competent again, I ¨may delve into the EleBBS source.

Thanks!

ŚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄæ
³SHS:  shurato.darktech.org³
ĄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄŁ


... A crisis is when you CAN'T say let's forget about the whole thing!

*** THE READER V4.50 [freeware]

---