pascal

[cottrell at nbs-vms.ARPA]

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> > /*
> > 
> > to paraphrase lyrics from sugar magnolia (grateful dead)
> > 
> > C's got everything delightful
> > C's got everything i need
> > 
> > */
> 
> The more things change, the more they are the same.  Try to convince a
> dedicated FORTRAN hacker that it's time to move up to a (gasp!) structured
> language like C, and see what kind of answer you get . . .
> 
> 
> -- 
>       Dan Frank
> 
> 	"good news is just life's way of keeping you off balance."

I assume you are berating me for not converting from C to Pascal. Tell me some
good things about Pascal. I happen to think it is pathetic. Let's see, first
there was Pascal, then Modula-1, then Modula-2. Looks like it took Wirth three
tries to get it right (if in fact he did). The claim that "It was designed as a
teaching language" doesn't cut it with me. It's a toy. If I were Blaise I'd be
rolling over in my grave. 

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