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Modern Object Pascal Introduction for Programmers

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  1. baranul · · 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 · · 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. ape4 · · focus · HN ↗
        If I remember right, it was memory safe - something C/C++ has yet to achieve.
        1. pjmlp · · focus · HN ↗
          Even PL/I, JOVIAL, and NEWP on the decade predating C had it.
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