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PASCAL (free PASCAL systems are available, see below)
their main web page is here
FREE ~ The benefit of these programs is that they run on a free system, so if you don't have TurboCAD, DeltaCAD, or Excel, you can still have some fun with programming.
a horizontal dial 7k A very simple PASCAL program using the free PASCAL systems.
a vertical dial 5k A very simple PASCAL program using the free PASCAL systems.
Works for declining and non declining dials, and is longitude corrected
PASCAL notes 47k A few useful notes about the IDEs and data reading
The above in ZIP 93k The Pascal source, executable, and notes in zipped format
The above PASCAL programs somewhat parallel the DeltaCAD macros here, except these PASCAL programs produce tables of data and do not print graphical depictions.
FREE IDE (integrated development systems) are linked to from here.
www.bloodshed.net/devpascal.html
an 8mb downloadable fully integrated development environment (IDE)
which is my first choice as its windows are more compatible with Widows
http://www.freepascal.org/ and look for a link like:-
www.freepascal.org down i386 win32-ftp.freepascal.org.var
a 28mb downloadable fully integrated development environment (IDE)
which is my second choice as its windows are more compatible with DOS
This has excellent documentation. rtl.pdf (run time library of functions) and
ref.pdf (language structure)
http://www.taoyue.com/tutorials/pascal/contents.html
An excellent online tutorial for Pascal - better examples than rtl.pdf and ref.pdf, but you need rtl.pdf and rtl.pdf
for detailed research if you intend to write programs.
And you should read PASCAL notes because it explains a few things about the program and why it is a
conversational program as opposed to an object oriented one. And so on.
their main web page is here
FREE ~ The benefit of these programs is that they run on a free system, so if you don't have TurboCAD, DeltaCAD, or Excel, you can still have some fun with programming.
a horizontal dial 7k A very simple PASCAL program using the free PASCAL systems.
a vertical dial 5k A very simple PASCAL program using the free PASCAL systems.
Works for declining and non declining dials, and is longitude corrected
PASCAL notes 47k A few useful notes about the IDEs and data reading
The above in ZIP 93k The Pascal source, executable, and notes in zipped format
The above PASCAL programs somewhat parallel the DeltaCAD macros here, except these PASCAL programs produce tables of data and do not print graphical depictions.
FREE IDE (integrated development systems) are linked to from here.
www.bloodshed.net/devpascal.html
an 8mb downloadable fully integrated development environment (IDE)
which is my first choice as its windows are more compatible with Widows
http://www.freepascal.org/ and look for a link like:-
www.freepascal.org down i386 win32-ftp.freepascal.org.var
a 28mb downloadable fully integrated development environment (IDE)
which is my second choice as its windows are more compatible with DOS
This has excellent documentation. rtl.pdf (run time library of functions) and
ref.pdf (language structure)
http://www.taoyue.com/tutorials/pascal/contents.html
An excellent online tutorial for Pascal - better examples than rtl.pdf and ref.pdf, but you need rtl.pdf and rtl.pdf
for detailed research if you intend to write programs.
And you should read PASCAL notes because it explains a few things about the program and why it is a
conversational program as opposed to an object oriented one. And so on.