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- Item 9211962 16-Jan-91 05:37PST
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- From: POWERUP.ENG Power Up Software,PRT
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- To: MACAPP.TECH$ MacApp Technical
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- Sub: Re[∞]- Pascal '9x ideas
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- Attn: MacApp.Tech$
- SentBy: James Plamondon
- Subject: Re[∞]: Pascal '9x ideas
- Dear Bruce,
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- The core of your argument against Pascal 9x is as well-stated as any I have
- heard in this debate. I am going to reiterate it here, in the hope that some
- of its eloquence will become associated with me:
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- "What's the use of writing great new general-purpose classes if I can't move
- them to platforms other than the Mac? Conversely, what's the use of a new
- Pascal if I can't take advantage of class libraries written for other
- platforms? C++ is implemented on many different platforms already. Object
- Pascal is available on only two that I know of, and Pascal '9x will initially
- be available on only one."
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- As far as I can tell, Pascal 9x serves only to further isolate Apple from the
- rest of the world. Like it or not, the world is becoming dominated by C++.
- The only other serious contender is Eiffel. (Everyone seems to think that I'm
- a fanatic to keep mentioning Eiffel, "because it isn't yet implemented on the
- Mac." Both this attitude and the lack of an MPW Eiffel from Apple are further
- symptoms of Apple's isolation).
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- Pascal 9x sounds like a nifty language — but niftiness alone does not justify
- its existence. I agree that Apple ought to take a long, hard look at the
- possibility of simply abandoning Pascal, in any form, and switching to C++
- (or, even better, Eiffel) instead.
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- Looking forward to the day when Apple, like Niklaus Wirth, abandons Pascal for
- something better, I remain
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- Yours,
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- James Plamondon
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