XPost: alt.folklore.computers   
   From: commodorejohn@gmail.com   
      
   On Tue, 6 Jan 2026 13:19:54 +0100   
   "Carlos E.R."  wrote:   
      
   > Turbo Pascal had [...]   
      
   Sure did! But TP didn't roll out 'til 1983, thirteen years into the   
   language's existence.   
      
   > I don't think anyone used the original flavor of the language.   
      
   The ISO standard wasn't finalized 'til 1983, the same year as TP; even   
   UCSD Pascal didn't come around 'til 1977. But it was being used for   
   teaching well before that, and Kernighan's essay was published in '81,   
   so people were most definitely using (or trying to use) earlier forms   
   of the language for stuff.   
      
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