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6/21/07 11:31:38 PM
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New Maybe not originally, but when he wrote Modula II
...he wrote it because Pascal wasn't flexible enough as a general purpose language; it was best used as a teaching aid (much like Java is today).
jb4
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Maybe not originally, but when he wrote Modula II
...he wrote it because Pascal wasn't flexible enough as a gneeral purpose language; it was best used as a teaching aid (much like Java is today).
jb4
"It's hard for me, you know, living in this beautiful White House, to give you a firsthand assessment."
— George W. Bush, when asked if he believed Iraq was in a state of civil war (Newsweek, 26 Feb 07)
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     Seriously, Bryce, I'm not saying this to be mean, but... - (CRConrad) - (34) - June 17, 2007, 08:13:32 PM EDT
         You mean the "payroll" example? Not very specific - (tablizer) - (31) - June 18, 2007, 01:01:29 AM EDT
             What are you on about? No, absolutely not "Payroll example"! - (CRConrad) - (1) - June 18, 2007, 04:55:28 AM EDT
                 Okay, I see it now - (tablizer) - June 18, 2007, 11:20:34 AM EDT
             Wow, deja vu (hypothetically) - (drewk) - (28) - June 18, 2007, 07:40:32 PM EDT
                 Which one? - (tablizer) - (27) - June 18, 2007, 08:10:39 PM EDT
                     Neither - (drewk) - (26) - June 18, 2007, 09:45:52 PM EDT
                         Thank you, that was very helpful - (tablizer) - (25) - June 19, 2007, 04:20:37 PM EDT
                             No, thank *you* - (drewk) - June 19, 2007, 07:03:55 PM EDT
                             Burden Of Proof - (pwhysall) - (23) - June 20, 2007, 01:12:48 AM EDT
                                 thats easy c++ :-) -NT - (boxley) - (19) - June 20, 2007, 07:37:40 AM EDT
                                     idontnowatumeenbox.c++isorlrite - (pwhysall) - June 20, 2007, 07:48:50 AM EDT
                                     C is a crippled language because it is a crippled language - (tablizer) - (17) - June 20, 2007, 11:35:54 AM EDT
                                         I have always considered C to be . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (15) - June 20, 2007, 02:58:56 PM EDT
                                             I disagree. - (admin) - (1) - June 20, 2007, 03:16:51 PM EDT
                                                 ICLPRD (new thread) - (static) - June 21, 2007, 12:28:09 AM EDT
                                             Nah, Pascal was a teaching language - (hnick) - (5) - June 20, 2007, 05:54:38 PM EDT
                                                 According to Nicholas Wirth he did not . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (4) - June 20, 2007, 07:38:43 PM EDT
                                                     So who are you going to believe? - (hnick) - (2) - June 21, 2007, 07:26:29 AM EDT
                                                         Nah, you probably won't: "Argument". HTH! :-) -NT - (CRConrad) - June 21, 2007, 09:53:50 AM EDT
                                                         Early versions had only 16-bit integers . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - June 21, 2007, 10:59:41 AM EDT
                                                     Maybe not originally, but when he wrote Modula II - (jb4) - June 21, 2007, 11:32:50 PM EDT
                                             I gotta say that... - (jb4) - (6) - June 21, 2007, 11:28:47 PM EDT
                                                 It's that stupid single exit point from a function - (crazy) - (5) - June 21, 2007, 11:35:13 PM EDT
                                                     I've got NO PROBLEM with that - (jb4) - (4) - June 24, 2007, 10:21:48 PM EDT
                                                         You ever have nested while and for loops? - (crazy) - (3) - June 24, 2007, 11:34:38 PM EDT
                                                             "Numereous flags" - (jb4) - (1) - June 27, 2007, 09:21:29 PM EDT
                                                                 Didn't think so? - (crazy) - June 27, 2007, 09:46:24 PM EDT
                                                             That's a good way out. - (static) - June 29, 2007, 06:00:12 PM EDT
                                         It is not the pinochle of procedural by a longshot, either. -NT - (jb4) - June 21, 2007, 11:26:07 PM EDT
                                 All these years and you still misunderstand my opinion - (tablizer) - (2) - June 20, 2007, 11:34:27 AM EDT
                                     Not misunderstand ... DISAGREE -NT - (drewk) - (1) - June 20, 2007, 07:53:14 PM EDT
                                         If something is objectively better, then you should show why -NT - (tablizer) - June 21, 2007, 11:20:59 AM EDT
         Perhaps, more examples of naivity? - (warmachine) - (1) - June 18, 2007, 05:35:42 AM EDT
             Lots of 'em-they're the very ones I want him to (re)consider -NT - (CRConrad) - June 18, 2007, 07:46:40 AM EDT

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