Re: Object Pascal Stigma, Useless Survey Question



"Joe Bain" <j.b.a.i.n@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> The main thing I get is people who think Pascal is just for learning.

I don't hear that much any more. The most common 'complaint'
I get is that Pascal is slow. This normally comes from C/C++
programmers who have never used Delphi. (It didn't help much
when Borland and Microsoft both banned the publishing of
benchmarks.)

> Also I commonly get people who say 'Delphi, Do people still use that?'.

I've heard that before. :^(

> I think we need good marketing to fix both the problems.

That would help.

--
Charles Appel
"A generation which ignores history has no past - and no future."
Robert Anson Heinlein


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