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1. baranul · 1790429933 · focus · HN ↗

   It's amazing how underestimated the Object Pascal language is. Certain people or rivals want to write it off or declare it's "dead", yet the language (including various dialects) are still going strong.

   1. pjmlp · 1790430199 · focus · HN ↗

      Yeah, it was pity that Borland lost its way, and Apple decided to refocus from Object Pascal into C++.

      Otherwise it would still be a big contender.

      Everything that Zig offers over C as selling point was already there in Object Pascal.

      1. sehugg · 1790435944 · focus · HN ↗

         I recall the turning point was when id used the Watcom compiler for DOOM. Watcom had the 32-bit flat model DOS extender and were starting to add the difficult optimizations. Turbo/Borland Pascal was built for compile and link speed, not even getting a real -O option until Delphi (except for turning off range and stack checking)

         1. pjmlp · 1790436233 · focus · HN ↗

            Turbo Pascal 7 had them as well.

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