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  • Pascal - Now and Then

    From Amessyroom@DIGDIST/TL-QWK to all on Tuesday, July 23, 2024 11:32:06
    I learned pascal while attending North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC , USA.

    I used Turbo/Borland pascal on personal machines but the university used SAGE p-systems I think.

    Here is an interesting discussion of pascal history. Did not know it was used in development of Apollo operating system Aegis.

    https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/96770/what-features-con tributed-to-the-evolution-of-pascal


    I see reading some posts, that there is now a free pascal.

    https://www.freepascal.org

    I'll have to check it out.
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  • From Amessyroom@DIGDIST/TL-QWK to all on Tuesday, July 23, 2024 12:02:04
    Couldn't find it initially, but SAGE systems were used at NCSU to teach pascal.

    I found the following site that talks about the SAGE II/IV.

    https://thebattles.net/sage/

    Didn't know it could run other operating systems.
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  • From Nightfox@DIGDIST to Amessyroom on Tuesday, July 23, 2024 10:27:20
    Re: Pascal - Now and Then
    By: Amessyroom to all on Tue Jul 23 2024 11:32 am

    I learned pascal while attending North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC , USA.

    Pascal is one programming language I've never used, and never learned.. It migh tbe interesting, though I haven't seen any recent projects using it.

    Nightfox

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  • From Nightfox@DIGDIST to Ernie on Thursday, July 25, 2024 09:52:00
    Re: Pascal - Now and Then
    By: Ernie to Nightfox on Wed Jul 24 2024 12:48 am

    Pascal is one programming language I've never used, and never learned.. It
    migh tbe interesting, though I haven't seen any recent projects using it.

    Modula-2, Modula-3 and Oberon are Pascal on steriods ;)

    It's very strictly typedef'd and kinda forces you to break your code into sections.

    It's really good for teaching beginning programming concepts.

    I took a programming class in high school and was hoping it would be C/C++ or Pascal, but it was BASIC.. They were using Microsoft QBasic on MS-DOS with textbooks from the late 70s.

    Nightfox

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  • From Dumas Walker@DIGDIST/CAPCITY2 to MORTAR on Sunday, August 18, 2024 09:32:00
    I liked RPG/RPG II. Than again, I liked COBOL. I always preferred the business side of computing.

    COBOL put food on my table, and a roof over my head, for many, many years.

    If it wasn't for COBOL, I might still be living with my parents! :O :D


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