[fpc-pascal] Syntax changes suggestions

[James Lee]

On 7/21/2018 1:43 PM, Ben Grasset wrote:
>
> Shouldn't the attribute tags just be put wherever it's easiest for the 
> compiler to deal with them?
>

That would be bending the language to fit the implementation, when it 
should be the other way around.

> I think the vast majority of people care far more about 
> how/usefulPascal actually is in real life/than they do
> about whether or not it fulfills some not-well-defined notion of 
> "spirit".
>

Not me.  No computer language is a one-size-fits-all solution, nor 
should it be - though we have several  languages to choose from that are 
trying to be.

> Also, as far as I can tell, most of the people who use FPC would 
> consider the Delphi way to be the correct or normal way of doing 
> things in the first place.
>

Again, not me.  Several Delphi features were rushed to meet a release 
deadline and were not well thought out.

-Jim

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