Re: Nostalgia isn't what it used to be...


"IanH" <none@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Dave Moore wrote:
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>> He ends with "In its pure form, Pascal is a toy language, suitable
>> for teaching but not for real programming."
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>> It may be true of the most basic form of Pascal, but rather a toy
>> language than a hideous, pointer-infested, obfuscated, stupidly
>> fragile mess, which C in its pure form undoubtedly is.
>
> Do you not like C then, Dave ;-)
>

*grins*

Put it like this...I risked unemployment and took a pay cut to get back to
using Delphi.

C++, with proper use of the STL and *good* 3rd party libraries, I can
tolerate, funnily enough. C# I haven't done much of, but from what I have
used of it, it seems fine.

Best,
Dave




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