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TP was indeed amazing, though I think you're misremembering — TP 5.5 was the first version to add OO extensions. It came with a separate little manual just for
by lobster_johnson 10y ago
TP was indeed amazing, though I think you're misremembering — TP 5.5 was the first version to add OO extensions.
It came with a separate little manual just for the object-oriented stuff (beautifully typeset with the same type of syntax flow diagrams that Apple did [1]; Borland's OO extensions came from Apple Pascal, after all), and I remember reading it from cover while on vacation when I was in my mid-teens, and having my mind blown by the ideas of object-orientation, which seemed like complete science fiction at the time.
Anything from your recollections you can add to this? Was there any collaboration with Apple at all?
[1] http://pascal-central.com/images/pascalposter.jpg http://pascal-central.com/images/pascalposter.jpg
- musesum 10y agoYep, my bad regarding version; was relying on faulty wetware instead of a web search. Not that I was privy to inside information; but it was a strange coincidence that Borland dropped its Basic compiler at the same time that Microsoft dropped its Pascal compiler. Apple had a pretty cool OO Pascal that somewhat resembled Xerox Parc's Mesa.