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

[Rainer Stratmann]

Am Montag, 12. Oktober 2009 12:31 schrieb Jürgen Hestermann:
> > 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.

It is like the video cassettes.
Betamax and Video2000 were the better quality,
but VHS was the most popular cassette.

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_2000
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formatkrieg_(Videorekorder)
(sorry in german language)