[HN Gopher] Turbo Rascal Syntax Error
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       Turbo Rascal Syntax Error
        
       Author : 6581
       Score  : 70 points
       Date   : 2023-05-07 19:55 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
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 (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...
        
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         | 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!
        
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