-=> On 06 Apr 96  19:36:00 David Noon said to Andrew Grillet <=-

 DN> On Wednesday, 96/04/03, Andrew Grillet wrote to Allan Mertner about
 DN> "Virtual Pascal for OS" as follows:
 
 AG> Congratulations. VP sounds so good, I almost ordered it, and I
 AG> don't even know Pascal!

 DN> So you're the lucky one who never had to suffer Pascal at college in
 DN> the 1970's. ... :-)

It wasn't written till after I left college. Actually, I did use it briefly in 
the 70's but I couldn't remember any of it now, except that it seemed better
than Fortran 4!

 DN> Did you ever acquire a copy of the ALGOL 68 compiler that was being
 DN> discussed in this echo about 10 months ago? If so, is it any good?

No... I spent ages trying to, but I never got to speek to a human on the quoted
phone number, and never got called back. I got the impression it was a hoax.

Shame really.


Andrew

 
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