So-Called Real Programmers and FORTRAN

From: Allison <ajp166_at_bellatlantic.net>
Date: Mon May 6 10:14:18 2002

From: Sellam Ismail <foo_at_siconic.com>
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>It was in UCSD Pascal (on an Apple ][).

As did the Z80 version and the NS* implmentation.

>Anyway, Pascal blows.

I disagree. The UCSD version was an excellent teaching tool but
slower than sludge due to the P-code thing. Later implementations
namely JRT and Borland were very useful tools.

If Pascal did one thing it whetted the appetite for better languages than
Dartmuth Basic or worse Integer basics.

My own $0.02, Pascal is a good language and well suited to what I call
fairly big tasks like databases and other fairly complex tasks on data
structures. I also use Assembler, C, DCL, PAL and even QB45/dos for
various tasks depending on the platform and task.

Other than that, computer HLLs are like religion, hold the evangelism
to a dull roar as the music section may not listen and the non believers
have left the room. ;)

Allison
Received on Mon May 06 2002 - 10:14:18 BST