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Subject: Re: Object Pascal vs Ada -- which is better for a hobbyist?
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 16:23:54 +0200
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Le Thu, 04 Jul 2013 08:59:26 +0200, Dufr <dufriz@gmail.com> a =C3=A9crit=
:

> Which is better for an amateur programmer, Object Pascal or Ada?
>
> My worry about Ada is that it will entail too much overhead in terms o=
f  =

> learning, because of the strict rules, whereas programming in Object  =

> Pascal is said to be easier. Or, at least, this is what I have heard.
> Is my understanding correct?
>
> Is there a reason why I may want to prefer Ada over Object Pascal  =

> (again, remembering that I am just a hobbyist)?
>
> Thanks

ObjectPascal seems to be vendor specific [1], while Ada is an ISO  =

standard. That may or may not matter, it's up to you to see.

[1]: I could only find references to vendors on the English Wikipedia pa=
ge  =

for ObjectPascal.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object_Pascal
> The open source GNU Pascal compiler is available as a
> front-end to the GNU compiler collection, which implements
> the ISO 7185 Pascal standard, and "most" of the ISO 10206
> Extended Pascal standard.
Not clear if this ISO 10206 Extended Pascal is Object Pascal or not.

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