[fpc-pascal] Extension .pp or .pas

[Jonas Maebe]

On 11 Jan 2008, at 16:41, Michael Van Canneyt wrote:

> On Fri, 11 Jan 2008, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote:
>
>> As far as I know .pp is the old 'classical' file extension.  .pas is
>> the new more widely know (I think) extension for Object Pascal.  I
>> prefer .pas personally.
>
> There is nothing 'classical' or 'new' about either extension.
>
> .pp was in accordance with unix standards.

There is no unix ".pp" standard. .pp is an invention by Florian,  
indeed in analogy with .c -> .cc as John Coppens mentioned (although  
not specifically regarding pre/post-objects).


Jonas