From: peter AT agnes DOT dida DOT physik DOT NO-SPAM-PLEASE DOT de (Peter Gerwinski)
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Subject: Re: Pascal Extensions with Allegro?
Date: 28 May 1997 22:43:50 GMT
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Alex Kain (syntaxlogic AT earthlink DOT net) wrote:
> I'm programming a game and I'm new to C, yet I know pascal like the palm of
> my hand.  I was wondering if it is possible to use the Borland Pascal
> Extensions with Allegro.  I'd like to use the library without having to go
> through that nasty learning curve.  

I recommend to try GNU Pascal which comes with DJGPP in the `v2gnu'
subdirectory, works well with RHIDE and should work well with Allegro,
too.  It supports most BP extensions plus most of ISO Extended Pascal
and native GNU extensions such as "and ( myFlags, $7F )".

Hope this helps,

    Peter

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