Re: why the pascal family of languages (Pascal, Ada, Modula-2,2,Oberon, Delphi, Algol,...) failed compared to the C family?

[Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com>]

On Wed, 2 Jun 2021 18:29:09 -0700 (PDT), Gabriele Galeotti
<gabriele.galeotti.xyz@gmail.com> declaimed the following:

>I understand. No doubt that also the pcode was successful, but it is a pity
>that it couldn't make the point in the 90s, at least on microcomputer-class
>machines.
>
	Faster processors, and the "standardization" on IBM's architecture, may
have contributed... Since there was only "one" machine the portability of
P-code (same object files, just provide a new interpreter layer for
different architecture) wasn't a factor anymore.

>Still talking about the Apple II, I think one of the reason is that it was way
>too complicated for the average user, with no less than 5 thick manuals
>and an underlying OS like the UCSD that was a radical departure in
>those times. 

	While the UCSD compiler was reasonable, the UCSD OS that went with it
was a bit of a pain. All files had to be contiguous (no jumping to next
free sector), so one ended up periodically compressing the disk so files
were at the front and all free-space consolidated. That also meant only one
open output file per floppy drive, as output files opened in the largest
contiguous free-space.


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