<s>
JRT	B-Language
Pascal	I-Language
(	O
Jim	O
Russell	O
Tyson	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
implementation	O
of	O
the	O
Pascal	B-Application
programming	I-Application
language	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
available	O
in	O
the	O
early	O
1980s	O
on	O
the	O
CP/M	B-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
1970s	O
,	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
Pascal	B-Application
implementation	O
for	O
microcomputers	B-Architecture
was	O
UCSD	B-Language
Pascal	I-Language
,	O
which	O
many	O
people	O
considered	O
overpriced	O
at	O
hundreds	O
of	O
dollars	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
basis	O
for	O
UCSD	B-Language
Pascal	I-Language
was	O
the	O
p-machine	B-Language
compiler	O
from	O
ETH	O
Zurich	O
,	O
the	O
originators	O
of	O
Pascal	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
JRT	B-Language
was	O
a	O
Pascal	B-Application
interpreter	O
by	O
Jim	O
Russell	O
Tyson	O
that	O
compiled	O
to	O
its	O
own	O
pseudocode	O
separate	O
from	O
UCSD	B-Language
Pascal	I-Language
p-code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
early	O
1980s	O
various	O
organizations	O
developed	O
compilers	O
for	O
UCSD	B-Language
Pascal	I-Language
on	O
microcomputers	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
JRT	B-Language
was	O
able	O
to	O
get	O
considerable	O
attention	O
for	O
several	O
months	O
by	O
being	O
a	O
much	O
cheaper	O
alternative	O
to	O
UCSD	B-Language
Pascal	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
lasted	O
less	O
than	O
a	O
year	O
,	O
as	O
Borland	O
began	O
selling	O
Turbo	B-Application
Pascal	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
JRT	B-Language
was	O
very	O
important	O
in	O
that	O
it	O
established	O
a	O
low	O
price	O
precedent	O
(	O
less	O
than	O
)	O
for	O
a	O
Pascal	B-Application
implementation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
JRT	B-Language
advertisements	O
promised	O
"	O
a	O
complete	O
CP/M	B-Application
Pascal	B-Application
for	O
only	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
receiving	O
too	O
many	O
orders	O
for	O
it	O
to	O
fill	O
—	O
Jerry	O
Pournelle	O
reported	O
in	O
BYTE	B-Application
that	O
Sarah	O
Smith	O
had	O
not	O
received	O
the	O
software	O
eight	O
months	O
after	O
ordering	O
—	O
JRT	B-Language
Systems	O
filed	O
for	O
Chapter	O
11	O
bankruptcy	O
on	O
18	O
November	O
1983	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
product	O
eventually	O
continued	O
through	O
a	O
version	O
4	O
priced	O
at	O
and	O
along	O
with	O
a	O
Modula-2	B-Language
at	O
may	O
have	O
been	O
successful	O
had	O
not	O
Turbo	B-Application
Pascal	I-Application
shown	O
up	O
for	O
about	O
the	O
same	O
price	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Turbo	B-Application
Pascal	I-Application
was	O
a	O
true	O
compiler	O
with	O
an	O
IDE	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
business	O
model	O
that	O
allowed	O
it	O
to	O
meet	O
customer	O
demand	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
JRT	B-Language
was	O
said	O
to	O
have	O
later	O
been	O
sold	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
"	O
Nevada	O
Pascal	B-Application
"	O
by	O
Ellis	O
Computing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pournelle	O
in	O
May	O
1983	O
reported	O
that	O
JRT	B-Language
Pascal	I-Language
2.0	O
was	O
"	O
intentionally	O
a	O
nonportable	O
dialect	O
"	O
,	O
criticized	O
its	O
error	O
handling	O
,	O
and	O
advised	O
beginners	O
with	O
the	O
language	O
to	O
"	O
stay	O
away	O
from	O
it	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BYTE	B-Application
editors	O
in	O
April	O
1983	O
and	O
January	O
1984	O
reported	O
receiving	O
many	O
complaints	O
from	O
readers	O
on	O
slow	O
delivery	O
of	O
JRT	B-Language
Pascal	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pournelle	O
warned	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
of	O
its	O
"	O
nonstandard	O
features	O
"	O
and	O
that	O
based	O
on	O
Smith	O
's	O
experience	O
and	O
"	O
lots	O
of	O
letters	O
from	O
readers	O
who	O
ordered	O
JRT	B-Language
Pascal	I-Language
and	O
received	O
nothing	O
...	O
for	O
months	O
"	O
,	O
"	O
you	O
must	O
then	O
be	O
prepared	O
to	O
wait	O
"	O
for	O
delivery	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
of	O
JRT	B-Language
,	O
Borland	O
at	O
first	O
had	O
difficulty	O
in	O
persuading	O
customers	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
shipping	O
Turbo	B-Application
Pascal	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bruce	O
F	O
.	O
Webster	O
in	O
August	O
1985	O
described	O
JRT	B-Language
Pascal	I-Language
in	O
the	O
magazine	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
fiasco	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jeff	O
Duntemann	O
stated	O
in	O
PC	O
Magazine	O
in	O
1984	O
that	O
JRT	B-Language
Pascal	I-Language
"	O
was	O
a	O
terrible	O
compiler	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Besides	O
doing	O
great	O
harm	O
to	O
the	O
Pascal	B-Application
language	I-Application
definition	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
a	O
bug	O
farm	O
,	O
locking	O
up	O
my	O
CP/M	B-Application
-80	I-Application
computer	O
several	O
times	O
an	O
evening	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Not	O
surprisingly	O
,	O
JRT	B-Language
Systems	O
went	O
bankrupt	O
late	O
last	O
year	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
