[HN Gopher] Turbo Rascal Syntax Error ___________________________________________________________________ Turbo Rascal Syntax Error Author : 6581 Score : 70 points Date : 2023-05-07 19:55 UTC (3 hours ago) (HTM) web link (lemonspawn.com) (TXT) w3m dump (lemonspawn.com) | zabzonk wrote: | amazing that embarcadero and intel haven't come down on them for | trademark violations. but perhaps it's so niche they don't care. | and who on earth thought that "Turbo Rascal Syntax Error" was a | good name? | yellowapple wrote: | > and who on earth thought that "Turbo Rascal Syntax Error" was | a good name? | | Well it's certainly memorable, and doesn't seem to have any | collisions when searching for it on e.g. DuckDuckGo, so I'd say | it's good enough as a name. | rootw0rm wrote: | Worse yet, the full name appears to be: Turbo Rascal Syntax | error, ";" expected but "BEGIN" | | I had a good laugh at least =) | tyfon wrote: | To me it seems like turbo pascal is no longer a valid | trademark[1], or am I missing something? | | I like it at least. I used turbo pascal, turbo c/c++ and tasm | quite a lot in my youth for this sort of stuff :) | | [1] https://trademarks.justia.com/736/24/turbo-73624203.html | zabzonk wrote: | interesting. typical of embarcadero. but trse does seem to | have pirated the intel inside logo design. | teraflop wrote: | I feel like I must be missing something. I read the | submitted web page and watched the "promo" video, and | didn't see anything that mentioned Intel or even remotely | resembled the "Intel Inside" logo. | | Where are you seeing a connection? | zabzonk wrote: | https://retrogamecoders.com/introduction-to-trse- | programming... | [deleted] | syntheweave wrote: | Having encountered the project before, I immediately knew what | "Turbo Rascal"/TRSE was, though I forgot what TRSE stood for. | | I consider it good quirky branding. | eddieh wrote: | The problem with the name is that I thought it was going to be | something entirely different. The genius of the name is that I | clicked the link. | | But I thought it was a debugging story about old software and | that "Rascal" was a slight at Borland's expense or a typo. | Either way, I like old software and I like debugging stories. | | To my surprise this is a very cool IDE for building software | (games/demos) for 8/16-bit computers of yesteryear. | cardanome wrote: | > who on earth thought that "Turbo Rascal Syntax Error" was a | good name | | Me. I absolutely adore it. | | Cheeky humor, fun, old-school. Perfect for a retro programming | project that helps you make 8/16 bit games. | bdcravens wrote: | Am I the only one who read it as "Raz-kal" rather than "Raskuhl" | rnk wrote: | Isn't that the right way, going back to the greatest compact | dev env ever, turbo pascal! ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2023-05-07 23:00 UTC)