One irony is that modern Fortran is quite a nice language to work with. As long as you can just call, and don't actually have to work on, all the '77 numerical libraries that the Real Programmers put together.
Real Programmers Don't Use PASCAL (1982)
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Re: Real Programmers Don't Use PASCAL (1982)
#12Was this written as satire back in 1982? Because it is great when read as satire. As a real thing written by a real person, not so much.
Yes, it's a computing-themed pastiche of "Real Men Don't Eat Quiche".
Re: Real Programmers Don't Use PASCAL (1982)
#13Today this is true for a more obvious reason; Pascal is legacy.
It's not a very popular language, but people are still starting new projects in flavors of Pascal. Have you seen http://www.lazarus-ide.org/?
Re: Real Programmers Don't Use PASCAL (1982)
#14One of the programs closest to my heart which I use multiple times a day, "Beyond Compare" is written in PASCAL, Delphi more specifically. I know very little about PASCAL, but I know that Beyond Compare is rock solid.
An absolute gem of an application that not only does the job but near pefect ux.
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#16This is the post referenced in the opening of The Story of Mel; which may also be of interest. http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/story-of-mel.html
Re: Real Programmers Don't Use PASCAL (1982)
#17One of the programs closest to my heart which I use multiple times a day, "Beyond Compare" is written in PASCAL, Delphi more specifically. I know very little about PASCAL, but I know that Beyond Compare is rock solid.
Beyond Compare has to be one of my all time favorite programs.
I have to admit, however, that I never knew it was written in PASCAL. I think this is very cool.
Re: Real Programmers Don't Use PASCAL (1982)
#18One of the programs closest to my heart which I use multiple times a day, "Beyond Compare" is written in PASCAL, Delphi more specifically. I know very little about PASCAL, but I know that Beyond Compare is rock solid.
I have actual nightmares about developing in Delphi. I can't believe there's a Delphi project that people speak this highly of.
Re: Real Programmers Don't Use PASCAL (1982)
#19One of the programs closest to my heart which I use multiple times a day, "Beyond Compare" is written in PASCAL, Delphi more specifically. I know very little about PASCAL, but I know that Beyond Compare is rock solid.
Well technically that would be Object Pascal, yes?
Re: Real Programmers Don't Use PASCAL (1982)
#20One of the programs closest to my heart which I use multiple times a day, "Beyond Compare" is written in PASCAL, Delphi more specifically. I know very little about PASCAL, but I know that Beyond Compare is rock solid.
I have actual nightmares about developing in Delphi. I can't believe there's a Delphi project that people speak this highly of.
Really? Delphi was generally a pleasure to use for the couple of years that I did.