Language transitions

[Norman Diamond]

> Pascal has two major problems:  (1) it was designed as a *teaching* language,
> ...
> If anyone should be flamed for Pascal's unsuitability, it's the people
> who first took it out of its intended environment.
> --  Brandon Allbery

Unix and C were originally unavailable, and then became available only on
educational licences, and then....   So, let's flame the people who took
these out of their former environments too, especially when many flaws
remained.
-- 

   Norman Diamond

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