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From: chuck@but_i_dont_like_spam.org (Chuck Adams)
Subject: Re: English SUCKS, Chinese is the only language you need!!
Date: 1997/11/19
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In article <YSQz$BJ98GA.158@news2.ingr.com>, "Dennis Weldy" <nojunkmail@ever.com> wrote:
>It is? Care to offer a bit of proof there?
>Standard Pascal was, last I looked woefully lacking in file handling.
>Strings were packed arrays of chars (much like C).

Incorrect, standard pascal strings have their length encoded in them and are a 
primitive type.  delphi allows both pascal strings and null-terminated c 
strings (not always interchangeable).