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

["Vinzent Höfler"]

Graeme Geldenhuys <graemeg.lists at gmail.com>:

> 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.

Yes and no. The mindsets of the languages may differ. Try talking about typing with a C-programmer and with an Ada-programmer and you'll see what I mean.

That's why the question should not be: "Which language do you know?", but rather "What other languages do you know?" It tells me more about the mindset of the programmer than any "previous 10-years experience with $LANGUAGE".

That's why here Pascal-programmers generally have a better reputation than C-zealots. In a land where pointers and dynamic memory allocation are (mostly) forbidden, C doesn't get you very far. :)


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