XPost: alt.folklore.computers   
   From: Peter@Iron-Spring.com   
      
   On 1/6/26 14:04, c186282 wrote:   
   > On 1/6/26 01:28, rbowman wrote:   
   >> On Tue, 6 Jan 2026 04:10:59 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Some degree of UCSD Pascal compatibility was very common among   
   >>> microcomputer-based implementations.   
   >>   
   >> I remember that being referred to as 'scud pascal'. Dyslexic programmers?   
   >   
   >    Heh, maybe  :-)   
   >   
   >    But you CAN see why.   
   >   
   >    I think the idea was to make a 'generic' interpreted   
   >    Pascal that could be run on many different kinds of   
   >    machines. BASIC was widespread, but kinda ugly, and   
   >    'C' was too cryptic.   
   >   
   >    The modern UCSD 'Pascal' wound up being Python.   
   >   
   >    I'd forgotten ... p-System was the "3rd OS" offered for   
   >    the original IBM-PC. Alas it was over-priced and under-   
   >    performing, so ....   
   >   
      
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