[fpc-pascal] pascal on macbook

[Tom Verhoeff]

On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 09:10:25AM -0500, George R Smith wrote:
> 
> I have not purchased the machine yet, looking at the MacBook with 4 meg of
> memory. I do not want to buy a laptop that runs Microsoft, trying to get
> away from them.

I presume you mean 4 GIGAbyte, otherwise you'll have a hard time
enjoying it.

> Just want to make sure I can use Java or Pascal (prefer Pascal) before I
> spend the 2,000 plus dollars.

I have PowerBook G4 (and since yesterday a new MacBook Pro), and
program on it under Mac OS X in Pascal (mostly fpc), Python, and Java
(and ocaasionally some other languages like Eiffel, ...).

For Pascal, you can also consider LWP (Light-Weight Pascal) at

	<http://www.pascal-central.com/lwp/lightweight.html>

Have fun,

	Tom
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