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From: Preben Randhol <randhol+valid_for_reply_from_news@pvv.org>
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On 2003-10-21, christoph.grein@eurocopter.com <christoph.grein@eurocopter.com> wrote:
> I had the exact opposite feeling (back in 1983): Oh, there finally is
> a language that has everything Pascal is lacking (range limits as
> attributes etc.).

Ah, we are talking about slightly different things. I was talking about
the syntax not the content of the language.

Preben
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