[fpc-devel] Pascal Standard, and what we can do.

[Marco van de Voort]

In our previous episode, Maciej Izak said:
> Sorry Sven but I do agree with inline variable declarations. You don't have
> exclusive rights to dictate what is main point of Pascal (there is also
> Oxygene, SmartPascal). This is your opinion and this is not ultimate truth.
> There is also community with experienced users and big part of this
> community (especially around Delphi and Oxygene, not around FPC core
> development team :P) needs modern open source Pascal.
> 
> Some people love Oxygene, and you can't tell that the Oxygene is not the
> Pascal. Any new construction will be "non pascalish" at first glance.

By that reasoning I can't tell that C++ isn't the new Pascal either.