[fpc-pascal] Who said Pascal isn't popular

Jürgen Hestermann juergen.hestermann at gmx.de
Mon Oct 12 12:31:36 CEST 2009


> Yes, it is available everywhere.
> And it is easier to copy unix code then.
> Remember that it is still not easy to come to freepascal.
> You have to configure a debian testing system and apt-get lazarus and so on...
> Nearly nowhere the lazarus package is preinstalled.

Yes, these are the reasons for having C in the first place. But it is 
not because of the beauty (stict logic) and the features of the 
language. Just the opposite: C is popular *even though* it is an awful 
concept.





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