XPost: alt.folklore.computers   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2026-01-06 17:30, John Ames wrote:   
   > 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.   
   >   
      
   Ah. I did not meet it till about the time of TP 2.   
      
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