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   Message 134,786 of 135,536   
   Chris Ahlstrom to rbowman   
   Re: Pascal - and DEBIAN   
   14 Jan 26 07:46:23   
   
   From: OFeem1987@teleworm.us   
      
   rbowman wrote this post by blinking in Morse code:   
      
   > On Tue, 13 Jan 2026 12:52:43 -0500, c186282 wrote:   
   >   
   >>    OK, it's Pascal++ at this point.   
   >   
   > It's been hanging out with C++ Builder too long.   
   >   
   >>    They keep updating FORTRAN compilers, even COBOL compilers. I suspect   
   >>    anti-Wirthism !!!   
   >   
   > Wirth was a prolific author of languages nobody really liked. His last   
   > shot, Oberon, isn't even in the top 100 at Tiobe. Delphi was made useful   
   > enough to make it to 9.   
      
   I guess the languages weren't wirth it.   
      
   "It's been hanging out with C++ Builder too long."   
      
   Builder has a lot of Delphi in it (well, back before the year 2000   
   anyway). Bleh.   
      
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