"Nobody benchmarks anymore"

From: Mark Firestone <pdp11_70_at_retrobbs.org>
Date: Wed Jun 23 04:12:27 2004

Indeed. I used to write everything in Turbo Pascal... and I never ran into
something I needed C (or another language...) for.

I learned Pascal using Oregon Software Pascal II. You had to write your own
string libraries... which is a good learning experience if nothing else...

----- Original Message -----
From: "William Donzelli" <aw288_at_osfn.org>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
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Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2004 4:51 AM
Subject: Re: "Nobody benchmarks anymore"


> > But I'm sure lots of us could go on a Pascal rant if prompted...
>
> Most people that hate Pascal probably only used standard
> "official" Pascal. Turbo Pascal is *very* extended - there is not a whole
> bunch of things it won't do that C will.

"But Schindler is bueno! Senior Burns is El Diablo!"

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