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From: purtill@petrus.UUCP (Mark Purtill)
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Subject: Re: Pascal Origins
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Date: Fri, 18-Jul-86 12:03:32 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jul 18 12:03:32 1986
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> > >[about someone's not so brain damaged version of Pascal]
> > That wasn't Pascal. It was someone's *enhancement* of Pascal. I know I'm
> > splitting hairs, but it still sucks.
> But lets keep in mind that what we call C these days includes a collection
> of enhancements. 
> --j.a.tainter

Yes, but they're (mostly) the *same* enhancements.  Furthermore, you can
write reasonable prrograms in C without the enhancements (which are things
like enums and passing structs as opposed to fixing broken things.)  In
Pascal, everyone has their own set of enhancements and they're all different.