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- From: tangent@cyberport.com (Warren Young)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.programming
- Subject: Re: Young programmers read me.
- Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1996 22:45:47 GMT
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- Jens M Andreasen <jens-and@dsv.su.se> wrote:
-
- >> Borland Pascal, on the other hand, is really a C++ spin-off with
- >> different keywords and a somewhat different philosophy.
- >>
- >Are you sure? The story I've heard about Borland Pascal is that all
- >versions upto and including Delphi are essentially written by one and the
- >same person doing nothing else. That would not be a spin-off?
-
- I meant in the sense that Borland has extended their Pascal to a level
- close to that of their C++ product. The fact that there's even a C++
- team in the same building presents plenty of opportunity for
- influence, but I suspect that most of the influence came from users
- who liked Pascal better for some reason or another but wanted the
- power of C++.
-
- = Warren --
-