From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,3ef3e78eacf6f938 X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news3.google.com!feeder2.cambriumusenet.nl!feed.tweaknews.nl!83.128.0.12.MISMATCH!news-out2.kabelfoon.nl!newsfeed.kabelfoon.nl!bandi.nntp.kabelfoon.nl!news.banetele.no!hist.no!news.net.uni-c.dk!dotsrc.org!filter.dotsrc.org!news.dotsrc.org!not-for-mail Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed; delsp=yes Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Alternatives to C: ObjectPascal, Eiffel, Ada or Modula-3? References: <7a0c7a19-5d83-4cc6-be68-95ebf41533e7@t23g2000yqt.googlegroups.com> <3b3f991b-8fcd-435c-83f6-e1a1a5e8f6ed@a31g2000prd.googlegroups.com> <104cd8d2-d4b4-4e47-9780-30746251da2d@a37g2000prd.googlegroups.com> Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 16:07:03 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit From: "Martin Krischik" Organization: Martin Krischik, Softwareentwicklung Message-ID: User-Agent: Opera Mail/10.10 (MacIntel) NNTP-Posting-Host: 89.236.173.67 X-Trace: news.sunsite.dk DXC=CH\JeWdiKBo`=De8eDBgc`YSB=nbEKnkkDST5d:9M3DcIDiY_4:UK?cd3Nai^>E:QM5d\dF5egYh5Ma\8KCkD1SBch X-Complaints-To: staff@sunsite.dk Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:9798 Date: 2010-03-28T16:07:03+01:00 List-Id: Am 26.03.2010, 19:21 Uhr, schrieb Warren : > Martin Krischik expounded in > news:op.u951g6eyz25lew@macpro-eth1.krischik.com: > >> Am 25.03.2010, 14:45 Uhr, schrieb Warren : >> >>> 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. That would be "saw" it as popular. UCSD Pascal is dead long ago. You are clinging on the very last straw here to keep your argument up! Martin -- Martin Krischik