From: prino@onetel.com   
      
   "Marco van de Voort"  wrote in message   
   news:slrnd07p2c.ip1.marcov@turtle.stack.nl...   
   > On 2005-02-04, RadSurfer  wrote:   
   >>   
   >> Jason Burgon wrote:   
   >>> "RadSurfer"  wrote in message   
   >>> news:1107491001.797470.208840@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...   
   >>>   
   >>> Pascal string handling is MUCH better than C's. The only problem is   
   >>> the 255 character limitation. TP7/BP7 also provides comprehesive   
   >>> support for ASCIIZ (C-style) strings - PChar. But only use these if   
   >>> you really do need large strings. Also, there is a difference in   
   >>> Pascal between "Char" and "Byte". Only use String's and Char's if   
   >>> you're actually dealing with text. DO NOT USE Char as an equivalent   
   >>> of 0..255.   
   >>   
   >> C would easily dance circles around Basic or PTascal when it comes to   
   >> string manipulation.   
   >   
   > Well, that is a good one. So fine. Prove it.   
      
   Don't feed the trolls. Look at what's happened with c.l.pl1 and a   
   fuckwit (not my words) called David Frank, or many of the comp.os.os2.*   
   groups and a moron called Tim Martin.   
      
   Robert   
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