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Hey guys,

     What's going down?  I am in a comp sci class which utilizes Object
Pascal Genie, a graphically interfaced Pascal environment.  It's
user-friendly.  I am thoroughly convinced that Pascal is THE best
computer language, and those who think otherwise can go to hell.

Have a nice day,
Andrew

Quote:>Hey guys,

>     What's going down?

Quote:>I am in a comp sci class which utilizes Object
>Pascal Genie, a graphically interfaced Pascal environment.  It's
>user-friendly.  I am thoroughly convinced that Pascal is THE best
>computer language

Isn't that special!

Quote:>and those who think otherwise can go to hell.

I thought about replying with a long list of reasons why Pascal isn't
"THE best computer language", but it's obvious Mr. Westmeyer isn't
interested in debate, so why bother?

Instead, I think it's best to ponder a few questions:

  1.  Pascal has been available for over 20 years.  Why do you suppose
      it hasn't taking the computing world by storm?  (Particularly
      computer scientists, who make it their business to study and
      improve computer languages.)

  2.  Nicklaus Wirth, the principle author of Pascal, has designed at
      least two other programming languages (Modula 2 and Oberon) since
      coming up with Pascal.  Why do you suppose he did that?  (One would
      suppose once you've found "THE best computer language", it would be
      the height of folly to try to produce something better...)

  3.  If Pascal (an imperative language) is the best computer language,
      why do you suppose there is so much interest in functional, logic,
      and object oriented programming languages?

Quote:>Have a nice day,

No thanks, I've already got one.

Quote:>Andrew

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