[fpc-pascal] Background info on Generics in FPC

[Florian Klämpfl]

> Am 17.04.2021 um 21:07 schrieb Graeme Geldenhuys via fpc-pascal <fpc-pascal at lists.freepascal.org>:
> 
> Hi
> 
> I'm looking at the wiki and official FPC language documentation. What was
> the reason for the decision to make the FPC syntax so verbose regarding
> Generics?

Same reason why we have 

a : array[0..10] of integer;

instead of

a : integer[0..10];

After all, using the keywords generic and specialize felt more pascalish to us.