[fpc-other]reputation of Pascal

[Marco van de Voort]

> 
> Even GNU does. And since they are not standard, they are proprietary :-) 
> 
> > So, what do you think, how can we argue against them?
> 
> Don't waste too much time on it. I often engage in language discussions, but
> I somewhat like the discussion (an infection I probably 

... caught on fidonet, just like the habit of not finishing sentences)

> > What about publishing our own paper?
> 
> Won't help. There are several answers on the "Why Pascal is..." article, and
> they rarely get quoted.
> 
> Making a nice, balanced advocatism site would make it easier to refer to and counter
> some common misconceptions though.

Maybe this is a nice task for Jedi, since this goes for Delphi too.