DOS ain't dead

Are there still people programming in Borland Pascal 7.0? (Developers)

posted by Rugxulo , Usono, 12.05.2011, 07:13

> > > Well, the subject says it all - I am just wondering?
> >
> > I changed to FPC in 1997
>
> I changed to DJGPP in 2000 :)

FreeDOS KEYB is written in TP7, similarly for older (deprecated) XKEYB. Galactic Conquest was TP7 (few months ago), same as Paku Paku (month or two ago). rr's UPXDUMP was at least compatible with TP55, but I think he calls TP7/BP7 the "best ever" (or was it TP6? Meh, close enough).

People like it because it's so small and fast. The only downside is (of course) it's old and (only) 16-bit. Well, and DOS-based, but that's to be expected (and no other 16-bit OS lived as long or as well.)

There's probably many still using it, but I doubt many public projects still do (esp. with 64-bit incompatibility) except for niche uses ("gotta be small, fast, for DOS").

Complete thread:

• Are there still people programming in Borland Pascal 7.0? - fm77, 11.05.2011, 23:34 (Developers)
  • Are there still people programming in Borland Pascal 7.0? - marcov, 11.05.2011, 23:40
    • Are there still people programming in Borland Pascal 7.0? - RayeR, 12.05.2011, 03:03
      • Are there still people programming in Borland Pascal 7.0? - Rugxulo, 12.05.2011, 07:13
        • Are there still people programming in Borland Pascal 7.0? - marcov, 12.05.2011, 10:50
        • Are there still people programming in Borland Pascal 7.0? - fm77, 12.05.2011, 15:38
        • Are there still people programming in Borland Pascal 7.0? - rr, 21.01.2020, 22:42
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                • Turbo Pascal 6.0 (vs. others) - Laaca, 23.02.2020, 10:05
                  • Turbo Pascal 6.0 (vs. others) - rr, 23.02.2020, 19:01
                  • Turbo Pascal 6.0 (vs. others) - Rugxulo, 23.02.2020, 23:55
    • Are there still people programming in Borland Pascal 7.0? - fm77, 12.05.2011, 10:00
  • Are there still people programming in Borland Pascal 7.0? - Laaca, 16.05.2011, 10:58
    • Are there still people programming in Borland Pascal 7.0? - Rugxulo, 19.05.2011, 22:32
    • Are there still people programming in Borland Pascal 7.0? - marcov, 28.05.2011, 12:54
      • Are there still people programming in Borland Pascal 7.0? - RayeR, 28.05.2011, 17:08
        • Are there still people programming in Borland Pascal 7.0? - Rugxulo, 29.05.2011, 20:50
  • Are there still people programming in Borland Pascal 7.0? - Arjay, 21.05.2011, 09:36