Language transitions

[Jon Mauney]

> Pascal has two major problems:  (1) it was designed as a *teaching* language,
> and (2) it was designed for batch systems -- the "PROGRAM FOOBIE(INPUT,
> OUTPUT, BLETCH);" was intended to be linked to a file name via the CDC
> version of a "DD" statement.

Fortunately, C is clearly intended for interactive systems, and no-one
would ever see a connection between stdin/stdout and SYSIN/SYSOUT.

Of the many flaws in Pascal, ordinary I/O is not one.  There is nothing
preventing good interactive execution of Pascal programs.
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Jon Mauney    mcnc!ncsu!mauney    C.S. Dept, North Carolina State University