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Subject: Re: Pascal - and DEBIAN
Date: 13 Jan 2026 19:24:51 GMT
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On Tue, 13 Jan 2026 12:52:43 -0500, c186282 wrote:

>    OK, it's Pascal++ at this point.

It's been hanging out with C++ Builder too long.

>    They keep updating FORTRAN compilers, even COBOL compilers. I suspect
>    anti-Wirthism !!!

Wirth was a prolific author of languages nobody really liked. His last 
shot, Oberon, isn't even in the top 100 at Tiobe. Delphi was made useful 
enough to make it to 9.