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   Marco van de Voort to CBFalconer   
   Re: ANSI X3.124.2-1988: Graphical Kernel   
   14 May 05 18:47:24   
   
   From: marcov@stack.nl   
      
   On 2005-05-14, CBFalconer  wrote:   
   > Neither Delphi nor FPC are Pascal (always capitalized) compilers,   
   > especially here in c.l.p.ansi-iso.  While they serve a useful   
   > purpose, they do not comply with the Pascal standards, neither ISO   
   > 7185 nor ISO 10206.   
      
   > There is a reason Delphi is not named Pascal.  It cannot handle   
   > valid Pascal source.   
      
   This is nonsense the _language_ of  Delphi was for the largest part of its   
   existence as Object Pascal.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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