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ANTIC Interview 279 - Tom Eckmann, Kyan Software

May 21, 201739 min
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Tom Eckmann, President of Kyan Software Tom Eckmann was president and co-founder of Kyan Software. Kyan's flagship product was Kyan Pascal, an implementation of the Pascal programming language which was available for the Apple II, Atari 8-bits, and Commodore 64/128 computers. This interview took place on May 19, 2017. Teaser quote: "We sneered at Turbo Pascal because it was non-compliant, there were all of these un-pure features. ... He [Philippe Kahn] just looks looks at me and goes, 'Nobody gives a damn.'" Kyan Software at AtariMania Antic magazine review of Kyan Pascal Kyan Pascal at Internet Archive
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