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Old 08-03-2006, 07:57 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Turbo Pascal

Im a newbie here, so I dont know how things operate in this forum. But anyway Im about to enter college, Im contemplating either a degree in computer science or a degree in chemistry, so can someone upload a version of turbo pascal(preferably a recent version), or recommend a good program for beginners. I got a couple ebooks on pascal programming.. I just wanna get an idea about programming. Thanks very much.
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Old 08-03-2006, 10:05 AM   #2 (permalink)
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http://www.freepascal.org/

An excellent implementation of the PASCAL programming language, and best of all, it's free. It will compile many old sources as most of the original units (libraries that is) have had free equivalents created like the DOS, CRT, etc units.

You could try Delphi, but of course, you have to purchase it from Borland: http://www.borland.com/us/products/delphi/index.html
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Old 08-03-2006, 11:12 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by boom_bap
Im a newbie here, so I dont know how things operate in this forum. But anyway Im about to enter college, Im contemplating either a degree in computer science or a degree in chemistry, so can someone upload a version of turbo pascal(preferably a recent version), or recommend a good program for beginners. I got a couple ebooks on pascal programming.. I just wanna get an idea about programming. Thanks very much.
First off, this is not a warez board so no one is going to upload anything of the sort.

If you can find it, you might be able to get Turbo Pascal 7, I think that's the latest version, but it went out in the early to mid 90's and was replaced with Delphi.

Like trache said, you can try freepascal, it should do what you need to for class. Also, your course book should come with a pascal compiler. Either that or you school will have one on their system they will require you to use.

Another thing to note, not many places program in pascal/delphi. Most colleges teach it just so you can learn the structured programming model.
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Old 08-04-2006, 05:42 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Thanks i got the free pascal and i dl turbo pascal 7, i think i need a tuter for this im havin problems...Anyway is megaupload and rapidshare permitted on this site?
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Old 08-04-2006, 06:25 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Are you trying to program in Turbo Pascal thinking it will be beneficial in college? It so, you're sadly mistaken. Unless I'm missing something "hot" in the software industry, a 16 bit programming language definitely isn't.
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Old 08-04-2006, 06:36 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Pascal. A 2-bit language written for 8/16-bit systems surviving beyond only out of principle.

Thankfully it ended its persistent vegetative state years ago.

Yuck. Tastes bad.
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Old 08-04-2006, 10:03 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Yeah...what? If you want to go computer science, teach yourself C/C++ and Java. Those are good fundamentals, and likely what you'll learn in a standard CS major.
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Old 08-04-2006, 12:48 PM   #8 (permalink)
 
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Ultimately, it shouldn't matter what language you learn to program in, the principles will all be the same. MIT undergrad courses are renown for using "unpopular" programming languages for their courses (like Smalltalk) and they don't seem to be hurt by these choices...

Pascal is a fine programming language except for it's lack of support (due to its age and lack of commercial deployment)...
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Old 08-04-2006, 01:33 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Now, seriously.. what's wrong with pascal? If I want to make a quick app, i'll load up delphi and code it much quicker than I ever could in any other language...

You will learn some good programming basics from pascal.. I'd say it's a good start, and repeating what everyone else has said, try out freepascal...
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Old 08-04-2006, 02:15 PM   #10 (permalink)
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A quick app? For me, C.

Knife has a point in that we'll use what's available and comfortable, but that's just where Pascal left off with myself and cohorts. Too many years in binary then assembly to have ever fallen in love with Pascal. Expecially on micros. It was powerful compared to the early BASICs but it always felt like the neighbor's straight-jacket; Didn't fit right and it made me walk funny. Ech. The early Lisa/Mac years were a special kind of hell.
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Old 08-06-2006, 12:28 AM   #11 (permalink)
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I'm quite fond of TP - though I haven't used it for ages.

TP implemented key OO features (classes but not multiple inheritance), allowed inline assembler code and bitwise operations. It also had an IDE that was more productive than any that I've used since, was damm fast and allowed GUI development.

Pascal was used extensively on Vax and has similarities with PLSQL and ADA.
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Old 08-24-2006, 07:56 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Pascal is an amazing lauguage to learn with. You can pick up OO concepts as well! Much to my dismay, schools are using Turing as a starter. This sickens me. Turing (IMO) is nothing more than a hacked-together language consisting of BASIC and Pascal. I say leave BASIC for the young'uns and start with Pascal.

Then do what I did...dive straight in to ANSI C. Followed, closely, by Java...without an IDE of any sort. Just a text editor and javac.

I've read that Borland intends to put out free versions of their compilers in the near future...Turbo Pascal (redubbed Delphi) included. And I do believe they're repackaging the old DOS compilers as well.
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