Anyone Here With Turbo Pascal Experience?

[+TRS-80 MVC]

Turbo Pascal

Original authorAnders Hejlsberg (at Borland)

DeveloperBorland

Release20 November 1983; 42 years ago[1][2]

Operating systemCP/M, CP/M-86, MS-DOS, Windows 3.x, Classic Mac OS

PlatformZ80, x86, 68000, PC-98

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbo_Pascal

It was the one language I actually learned to program in.   I wasn't very good at it and never used it at work.   

If anyone has any personal Turbo Pascal stories or personal accomplishments using it, please take a moment to share.   Thanks. Peace

[PsYcHoKiLLa]

Last time I used Pascal was in college about 40 yrs ago, programmed an inventory database for my exam.

[+Nik Louch Subscriber²]

Wow, throwback.  VERY VERY briefly - but realised that it wasn't the language I needed for the tasks I was taking on.

[Almohandis]

Turbo Pascal was my first real programming experience more than 30 years ago at university. I mostly taught myself from the included examples and help documentation, because the university only taught the basic syntax and philosophy of Pascal, without going deeply into Turbo Pascal’s advanced features.

I still remember when I discovered that I could embed assembly language directly into Pascal code, call BIOS functions, manipulate screen memory, use mouse interrupts, and control peripherals from my programs. That opened huge doors for me. Programming back then felt really fun, direct, and close to the machine.

What I loved about Pascal was its readability and the almost instant compile time. Turbo Pascal was an amazing environment, but unfortunately Turbo Pascal for Windows 3 did not feel like it fully carried that legacy forward. Later, Delphi got things back on the right track after the messy transition to TP for Windows.

Sadly, Delphi suffered from years of uncertainty as it moved from Borland to CodeGear and then to Embarcadero. That instability made many developers lose confidence in it, even though Delphi itself remained a powerful and productive tool.

I still work with Delphi from time to time, but I definitely miss the old days of Turbo Pascal.

[Tom Schmidt]

Wow, I have not used Turbo Pascal since 1988 when I graduated. Learned it on a TRS-80 actually, can't forget those Green or Amber monitors with 5 1/4 floppy drives.  

 

Thanks for the memory recall

 

[BritBronco]

Used it in college 32 years ago. Used it for a Bridge opening hand simulator for my A-level course work.

 

[+virtorio MVC]

Briefly used Turbo Pascal (and Turbo C++) in 97 and soon after that I bought PC magazine that included a full version of Delphi 2. I still use Delphi today, some 29 years later.