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Subject:    Re: [Mono-devel-list] Pascal compiler - say what?
From:       Edward Wilson <web2ed () yahoo ! com>
Date:       2005-03-17 7:29:11
Message-ID: 20050317072911.46866.qmail () web52901 ! mail ! yahoo ! com
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I agree with you; however, I am less confident that in 5-10 years Pascal will still be what it is
today.  I would wager that Pascal is slowly loosing mindshare.

-
e 

--- David Champion <david@flightline.co.uk> wrote:
> Edward Wilson wrote:
> 
> >Why?
> >
> >Who uses Pascal anymore?
> >  
> >
> I also use Delphi (commercially $$$) on a daily basis and C#. But I 
> choose the best language/framework for the job.
> With the latest IDE, Delphi2005, I can work in native Delphi.win32, C# 
> and Delphi.net in the same project group.
> 
> Its a inclusive.
> 
> As an  IDE  its well suited to take on new personalities. I hope Borland 
> get round to a Delphi mono
> personality sometime soon.
> 
> >Instead of Pascal, you might try hacking F#, a .NET Ocaml knock off, it should have a more
> >promising future than Pascal/.net and you might get eventually get paid.
> >  
> >
> Pascal is far more commercially viable than F#. X# or C#Omega and data 
> type extensions for
> XML and data tables look more interesting academically.
> These will inform the design choices/features for C# 3.0.
> 
> regards
> 
> David
> 
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