Peter wrote:
> In continuation (and response) to the "I hate C because Pascal is so
> wonderful" idea emitted here by several people,

I think you have seriously misunderstood.  The fact that C sucks has nothing
to do with what Pascal is like.  Pascal was only used as a example of how it
can be done better.  Other languages also have strong type checking, fewer
special characters, more rigid syntax, etc, etc, etc.

> here is a little
> about the original Pascal and about some of the "wonderful" features
> it has, and where they originated:

Pure Pascal as originally defined by Wirth and Jensen was nearly useless as
a real language.  However the concepts and the syntax were good, so those
who used Pascal for real made some modifications and additions.  The two
most noteable where Borland and Apollo.  My own Pascal was modified and
extended again starting with the Apollo definition.


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