John Ferrell wrote on 09/13/16 11:33:
> I simply accept the fact that those who know more than I prefer c over
> Pascal and they are right.
>
> It could be that every one is right, and this mash up we work in is the
> necessary mix we need to stay balanced?

My first programming language was Commodore BASIC on a Vic-20, plus some=20
6502 machine code, to create a BBS.

I started using C (Datalight C which became Zortech C which became=20
Symantec C) in the pre-ANSI days (1982) so I could program utilities for=20
a PC-DOS FidoNet BBS (Opus).

I found Pascal with the advent of Delphi 1 in 1995 to program Windows=20
tax calculators for an income tax product which was being replicated=20
from paper to CDROM. Delphi had no serious competition back then. I=20
subsequently used Kylix for FreeBSD (using Linux emulation) and=20
Lazarus/Free Pascal for OS X for hobby programs. I continued with Delphi=20
for the 20 year stint at the legal publishing company eventually=20
replicating CDROM services on the web complete with the various tax=20
calculators that could be compiled as either standalone Windows=20
executables for CDROM or ISAPI DLLs for the Windows IIS web server (the=20
real content server was Netscape on Solaris).

In 2010 I discovered PIC microcontrollers and the free MCHP C compilers=20
and in 2012 I discovered the MikroElektronika Pascal compilers which I=20
bought. PICs are a hobby. I've written the same programs in both C and=20
Pascal for fun :)

I really have no preference between C and Pascal unless you're talking=20
Windows/OS X GUI programs in which case it's Pascal because of the ease=20
of using Delphi/Lazarus. My last paid job before retiring this year was=20
a 12 year stint doing text/Word/RTF conversions to HTML in C using gcc=20
on FreeBSD and Solaris.

I guess it comes down to using the right tool for the job. The corollary=20
is that it's nearly always easiest to use what you know.

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