[fpc-pascal] Who said Pascal isn't popular
Jürgen Hestermann
juergen.hestermann at gmx.de
Mon Oct 12 14:13:35 CEST 2009
>> 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.
Yes, sadly this is true (same with Microsoft pressing one awfull OS
after the other into the market). Not always the best wins. Good
marketing is important. The mass does *not* look behind the scene but
follows what others do or what the marketing tells them.
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