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From: hardin@hpindda.cup.hp.com (John Hardin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Turbo Pascal vs. C
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Date: 26 Sep 90 22:03:25 GMT
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dgil@pa.reuter.COM (Dave Gillett) writes:

> It's true that C has become something of an industry standard, much as COBOL
> once did.  As far as I can see, that means that anybody who knows C can find
> a job, even if they don't use it very well, but only the best can get paid
> to use Turbo Pascal.  (I believe it's incredibly easy to write bad C code;
> I see it regularly.  Bad Turbo Pascal code seems considerably rarer.)

Oh, come on now!  Pascal vs C discussions always degenerate into name
calling pretty fast, kind of like discussions about the best editor 
(Brief :-) ), but this discussion is going down hill more repidly than
most.

John "C programmers have better oral hygiene" Hardin
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