From: "@comcast.net   
      
   RadSurfer wrote:   
   >   
   > Trust me! Even QBASIC and VisualBasicforDOS is far superior to this   
   > TPascal 5.5 nonsense!   
   >   
   > The following FAILS!   
   >   
   > Const   
   >     BUFSIZ: Integer = 256;           { Accepted. }   
   >   
   > type   
   >     StructBuffer = record            { should there be a ; here? isn't   
   > needed}   
      
   No. Not in any pascal I've seen.   
      
   >     Buffer0: String[BUFSIZ];         { Illegal Expression?!?! Say What?   
   > }   
   >     Buffer1: String[256];            { FAILS! String too large   
   > apparently }   
   >     Buffer2: Char[256];              { Char is not a reserved word! }   
   > end;   
      
   Char is an ordinal type used to store ASCII values, so what on earth is   
   char [256] supposed to mean?   
      
   >   
   > OK: Solution?   
   > Create pointers to type "unsigned char" which can then be assigned   
   > later on   
   > to point to the actual Buffers ram-space!   
   >   
   > Sheesh!   
   >   
   > It's ALL ONE STEP in both Qbasic/vbfdos and in C !!   
   >   
   > I just might abandom this early at this rate until I can manage to   
   > find TP 7.x, or better yet BP 7.x.  At least then I'll also have   
   > genuine   
   > Asm blocks, and far better Loop control!   
   >   
      
   You aren't going to like BP7 or TP7 any better because the maximum   
   possible storage of a string is 255 characters. The zero'th element of a   
   string is a byte used to indicate the length of the string. Thus   
   buffer1: string[255] is the best there is.   
      
   If all you want is to set aside an area of memory something like this   
   could be used   
      
   buffer1: array [0..4096] of char;   
      
   > this is totally rediculous!   
   >   
      
   If you keep trying to make TP5.5 act like it's C it is only going to get   
   more frustrating.   
      
   > snip   
      
   Cheers Hanford   
      
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