XPost: alt.folklore.computers   
   From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Tue, 6 Jan 2026 06:33:22 -0500, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:   
      
   > The Natural Philosopher wrote this post by blinking in Morse code:   
   >   
   >> On 06/01/2026 03:37, Peter Flass wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>    And I still write in Pascal fairly often - like it better than   
   >>>>    'C'.   
   >>>   
   >>> I'm not sure to what extent there was an attempt early on to   
   >>> standardize the extensions, but this would have helped adoption of the   
   >>> language immensely.   
   >>   
   >> AFAIAC Pascal was C in a straitjacket with all the handy bits removed.   
   >>   
   >> I saw no reason to ever use it in preference.   
   >   
   > I remember at work recommending Borland C++, which I really liked based   
   > on Turbo C++ (IIRC).   
   >   
   > Imagine my dismay when seeing weird behavior in the debugger and then   
   > finding out that the VCL framework was... Delphi (Object Pascal).   
      
   I preferred OWL to MFC but the 500# gorilla won.   
      
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