Hej Keith!

Tuesday April 16 1996, Keith Thomson writes to Timo Maier:

 KT> Yep..  IE in speed pascal.. You don't really need a great debugger..  A
 KT> very simplistic, Turbo-pascal like, Small debugger built in with stricter
 KT> syntax for less bugs :)

Why is it that you do not need a debugger?  In my world, the debugger is
used to find bugs that you introduce as a programmer, and the version of SP
I have does not prevent you from making bugs, it just does not help you in
finding them :-)

 KT> Virtual pascal is a very good compiler.. But the authors were being
 KT> Over-zealos with their compatability with Turbo/borland pascal. Such as
 KT> the 16 bit ASM.. the MEM variable..  Absolute.. etc. These make it easier
 KT> to port over, But also FAR less stable.

How is that, exactly?  We want the compatibility with both Borland Pascal
and Delphi to go as far as we can take it, and the features you mention
above are quite useful, even if you are not in the process of porting code.
 I really do not see how it can be a disadvantage to supply more features,
faster compilation, good debugging and high compatibility! :)

 KT> I have both...  For my ports i port them to Speed first, then down to
 KT> virtual. It reduces the bugs. (going to speed first) and i really don't
 KT> care how much time i spend as long as i get a stable and bug-free port.

"Down" to VP? 

 KT> (Eagerly awaiting 1.5 of SP, And the much tighter compiling it promises
 KT> so i can use VP less)

I'm sorry to disappoint you, but SP 1.5 is even more bloated and generates
even bigger code than 1.0.  Look for yourself when you get it...

Yours,
Allan

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