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On 8/25/2012 11:15 AM, Wally W. wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Aug 2012 22:36:03 +0200, Gerald Breuer wrote:
>
>> Am 24.08.2012 20:47, schrieb BartC:
>>
>>>> Maybe, but Pascal is about 1% on the TIOBE-Index.
>>
>>> Who cares? If most people want to behave like sheep and use
>>> flawed tools just because everyone else does, then let them.
>>
>> That's subjective what's flawed or not. And I can live f.e. with the
>> flaws of C++ for the countervalue of powerful language features like
>> templates.
>> If aminer wants others to use his algorithms he should provide them
>> in a language that this people use.
>
> If he wants others to use his algorithms in Pascal, he is doing
> exactly the right thing; generously, in fact.

I would agree if he were posting to a Pascal newsgroup, especially if it
were one that is designated for software announcements.

I don't understand why this particular library is considered so
important and widely used that its updates need to be announced in
comp.programming.

Patricia