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Subject: Re: C VS. PASCAL
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Date: Tue, 23-Sep-86 07:04:29 EDT
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Hi Marty,
  thanks for your response to my C-flaming.
You are quite correct in saying : on machine X to do job Y I use language Z,
where Z is hopefully the best langauge for the job. I agree with practically
all your statements, BUT WE WERE DISCUSSING LANGUAGES FOR THE ST and NOT
which language I would use on a PDP-11,IBM 30XX, Cray, CDC, VAX, uVAX,
Pro-380, Apple, ZX80, QL, IBM-PC .......................................

>   Further, C does have strong type checking, but it is voluntary
> (through the use of Lint,) rather than mandatory.

This is the standard answer of every C-programmer, the problem is: nobody
I know has a Lint for the ST.

> ...That is, C with a good debugger is easier to debug than Pascal with no
> more than compiler diagnostics.

Which good debugger on the ST?

C probaly is the best language in a UNIX environment, but we don't have UNIX
on the ST (yet?).

                Simon Poole
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