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From: Warren <ve3wwg@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Alternatives to C: ObjectPascal, Eiffel, Ada or Modula-3?
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Martin Krischik expounded in
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> Am 25.03.2010, 14:45 Uhr, schrieb Warren <ve3wwg@gmail.com>:
> 
>> The fact that it was _popular_ means you have to deal with it
>> when making statements about the language's performance.
> 
> It was never as popular as Turbo Pascal. I can think of 2 p-code
> pascals:  The original With pascal and USCS Pascal. I can think of
> five which  compile native...
> 
> Martin

It was never a popularity contest ;-)  The fact that people
see it as "popular" (whether first place or last), means that 
a mention of Pascal needs to be a qualified one.

Warren