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From: ndiamond@watdaisy.UUCP (Norman Diamond)
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Subject: Re: Path Pascal Release 0.9
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Date: Mon, 4-Feb-85 12:59:47 EST
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> Interesting.  I'll have to look more carefully at the release note.  It
> doesn't look compatible with either ISO pascal or ANSI pascal (unless the
> phrase 'standard features' refers to one of these standards instead of J&W
> - I doubt it, some of the 'extensions' appear to contradict features of the
> two new standards).  I don't fault the people who wrote this new compiler.
> They probably used the only standard which is really universal - J&W.
> Looks like they are ahead of the others anyway by allowing multitasking.
> 
> J. Giles

Concurrent Pascal has been around for ages.  It has supported multitasking
for ages.  It also was based on a different variation of Pascal, before ISO
standardized it, and before J&W even published the second edition of their
text.  So, who's ahead of the game?

-- Norman Diamond

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