Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E.R." Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: naughty Pascal Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2026 13:40:52 +0100 Lines: 35 Message-ID: References: <79ScnZHy-uXnP8n0nZ2dnZfqnPadnZ2d@giganews.com> <4oycne7Wk4RQ6sj0nZ2dnZfqnPidnZ2d@giganews.com> <10j48fv$2t1h9$12@dont-email.me> <10j5qgf$3etcd$6@dont-email.me> <10j60bb$3hhps$1@dont-email.me> <7cadnTBwKKzA68r0nZ2dnZfqn_idnZ2d@giganews.com> <10jak55$13ji1$2@dont-email.me> <10jh3n1$3644m$1@nntp.eternal-september.org> <20260105115058.000054fc@gmail.com> <20260105133755.00005e21@gmail.com> <20260106083038.00000777@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net p1anjpngtaKTXCRfMoPceAZ7wC81WNWhK41dL5vU6Hs44u0Qed X-Orig-Path: Telcontar.valinor!not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:T/NjxvzGjyqS/cua9c48RshEx8U= sha256:6+zPouFEtDZz7aejfzRfKkS8VtqarOHrFLP1Y9i9fuE= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: es-ES, en-CA In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:80673 alt.folklore.computers:233326 On 2026-01-06 22:30, c186282 wrote: > On 1/6/26 11:30, John Ames wrote: >> On Tue, 6 Jan 2026 13:19:54 +0100 >> "Carlos E.R." wrote: >> >>> Turbo Pascal had [...] >> >> Sure did! But TP didn't roll out 'til 1983, thirteen years into the >> language's existence. >> >>> I don't think anyone used the original flavor of the language. >> >> The ISO standard wasn't finalized 'til 1983, the same year as TP; even >> UCSD Pascal didn't come around 'til 1977. But it was being used for >> teaching well before that, and Kernighan's essay was published in '81, >> so people were most definitely using (or trying to use) earlier forms >> of the language for stuff. > >   I used the M$/IBM multi-pass Pascal compiler (still >   have it in a VM) I *think* that came out maybe a >   year before TP. > >   Remember seeing a little ad in a magazine for TP. >   The price was good, the claims seemed impressive. >   So, I bought it. NOT disappointed. Made development >   unbelievably quicker/easier. Had to wait until v3 >   to get good graphics though. Even found a good use >   for the 'turtle'. > I remember trying both compilers. The M$ variant was unbelievable slow. -- Cheers, Carlos. ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;