Re: Object Pascal Stigma, Useless Survey Question

Rick Carter wrote:

> Pascal has never had a negative stigma for me. Then again, I think
> that programming is programming...

Despite being a self-confessed C++ language bigot, Pascal has never had
any negative association for me either.

I guess the difference is in whether you have actually used the
language, or are simply acting on hearsay. 20 years ago a lot of us
learned to write software in Pascal because it had many practical
advantages over 'C' when writing working code quickly mattered more
than writing code that ran quickly, but did not necessarily work...

A lot of other languages have entered that market, some with a great
degree of fanfare and agressive marketing (coffee-flavour languages)
and Pascal has apparently fallen out of favour on the educational /
introductory side.

This is a great shame, but also means we lose critical mass. If too
few people have practical experience with the language, it simply
cannot sell itself by word of mouth, and mis-information will spread
much faster.

Unfortunately I don't have an easy solution :?(

AlisdairM(TeamB)
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