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

[Jeff Wormsley]

Graeme Geldenhuys wrote:
> Any programmer worth hiring should find it relatively easy to switch
> to another language. Or and least become proficient in it in a
> relative short period of time.  The basic principles apply to all
> languages, it's just the tool-chain and syntax that differs.
>   
I certainly agree, but that is a very hard thing to prove to those who 
hold the purse strings, who tend not to be the technical types.  
Unfortunately, the term "buzzword compliant" is all too real. They know 
the terms used in the industry, and Pascal doesn't tend to come up that 
often, unlike C or Java or any of the numerous scripting/interpreted 
languages (Ruby, Perl, Python, etc.).

I don't claim to be a "good" programmer in any particular language, but 
having used several over my lifetime, I'm familiar with where the 
similarities and differences lie.  Some programmers can't seem to grasp 
multiple languages effectively, similar to how some people have trouble 
learning a second (or more) speaking language, but like you say, the 
better ones have no trouble with it.

Jeff.
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