From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Simon Clubley Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: why the pascal family of languages (Pascal, Ada, Modula-2,2,Oberon, Delphi, Algol,...) failed compared to the C family? Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2014 16:38:50 +0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Message-ID: References: <9a51b46f-c70e-4266-9b44-dfb50c8a7191@googlegroups.com> <5e6cf03a-9ec9-4c4b-9966-9d900230930b@googlegroups.com> Injection-Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2014 16:38:50 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: mx05.eternal-september.org; posting-host="e458ff8b81bc0c159989eb0e36c6e372"; logging-data="28600"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19VvN4rczMkX4MwYA2AeYh0UC9Bs7wwP3Q=" User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.1 (VMS/Multinet) Cancel-Lock: sha1:Jy9MssuBGpdP+DPsPthFjGje4uo= Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:21062 Date: 2014-07-19T16:38:50+00:00 List-Id: On 2014-07-19, gvdschoot@gmail.com wrote: > Oberon clearly has some issues, I agree with that. > Actually, that sounded a bit more negative than I intended. It should be clear from some of my previous postings that I also think Oberon would make a good base for a C language replacement if implemented correctly. However, it would need some changes (and some additions from Ada) to make the most of the opportunity to replace C. > But that is not the point. The point is that we don't want to cooperate and > are unable to make a choice. And that bit I also agree with, but I think that may also be due to the different experiences of the various language designers shaping what they think is required by a C language replacement. Simon. -- Simon Clubley, clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP Microsoft: Bringing you 1980s technology to a 21st century world