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From: Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
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Subject: Re: Distributing C as headers.
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David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> writes:
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> In Pascal, there are no standard string types.  In practical Pascal 
> implementations, like Delphi or Free Pascal, there can easily be a dozen 
> string types.  Some have fixed sizes, some have dynamic sizes.  Some 
> have the length at the start, some have a trailing null for the length.

ISO 7185:1990, the ISO Pascal standard, disagrees with you.

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Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org  <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
Will write code for food.
void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */