Olin Lathrop wrote:
>
> The general problem with C is that it is both syntactically and
> semantically too "loose".  It is therefore much more likely that
> a typo or other mistake still results in legal C, which the
> compiler will happily compile.  C also lacks some useful features
> that help you write clearer, more portable, or more maintainable
> code.

Most of our C compilers are written in Pascal for both historical
and type checking reasons.

To play devil's advocate Pascal could use a C type pre-processor
as part of the language definition. (I know that I can use CPP).

The C ? : operator is missing from Pascal. The ? : operator is
data equivalent of the control if then else.

C's "for" statement is more general that Pascal's.

C got data scoping right Pascal did a much better job of function
scoping.

Walter Banks

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