Turbo Pascal alternatives

[MarkHaysHarris777]

(02-21-2015 08:44 PM)Bill (Smithville NJ) Wrote:  I've been a Turbo Pascal fanatic from CP/M days to today. I still run TP3 in DOSBOX for really quick and dirty programs.

There are two very nice DOS emulators for gnu/linux... I run both in Mint;

1) DOSBox
2) DOS in a Box

DOSBox is better because it supports screen and sound (just like its the late 1980s all over again).

Anyway, TP runs great in these environments, and is a ton of fun (if you remember the day); however, having said that, the alternative I would recommend to anyone from the Pascal days (or the ubiquitous BASIC days) is Python.

If you are new to Python, start with Python3. There is plenty on-line to get you started, but I would also recommend Mark Summerfield's book Programing in Python 3.

Pascal and BASIC were great back in the day, but in a modern world Python has them both beat hands down... Python is fun, rewarding, easy to learn, easy to adapt, and has a rich library so that real world problems can be solved right way (you spend your time problem solving and less time in semantics).

Go Python!


PS. Did I mention, Python runs everywhere!

Cheers,
marcus