XPost: alt.folklore.computers   
   From: Peter@Iron-Spring.com   
      
   On 1/7/26 21:57, Charlie Gibbs wrote:   
   > On 2026-01-07, Peter Flass  wrote:   
   >   
   >> Leave it to M$ (and IBM) to screw it up. Pascal was specifically   
   >> designed for fast one-pass compilation.   
   >   
   > Is that why people wrote programs bottom-up   
   > (i.e. with the main function at the bottom   
   > to avoid forward references)?   
   >   
      
   Wasn't that a Pascal requirement? I looked at the language, briefly, but   
   at the time having no way to combine separately-complied programs was a   
   non-starter. I guess this was fixed quickly.   
      
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