CompuServe Thread

Programming Discipline

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#28706From: Nelson IngersollOct 3, 1992 10:19 PM
John – I believe that "Pascal" and "real programming" are mutually exclusive. Pascal was designed, after all, to help teach software engineering. It was never intended to be used by the "real" community as a productive language. – Nelson …
#28786From: Vic WagnerOct 5, 1992 3:16 PM
Nelson, I found the number of "flaws" in the original Pascal to be substantially smaller than the ones in orignal C.
#29093From: Nelson IngersollOct 10, 1992 3:08 PM
Vic – Having never had the pleasure of using "original C", except for the standard K&R, I can not, apparently comment about a comparison of the two. However, Pascal's short comings are, IMHO, manifest… today and yesterday. – Nelson …
#29098From: Vic WagnerOct 10, 1992 6:40 PM
Ok, name two (2)….my debate teacher said there was one example for… everthing. It would be nice if you could actually name something that… is 'wrong' with the language, and not things wrong with the… implementation.