Pascal - Revision history

Jnc: /* External links */ +Experience with Pascal Compilers on Mini-computers

2024-07-23T14:29:50Z

‎External links: +Experience with Pascal Compilers on Mini-computers

Jnc: /* External links */ +Stanford Pascal Compiler

2023-06-02T14:31:50Z

‎External links: +Stanford Pascal Compiler

Jnc: Try fixing broken link

2023-05-07T12:25:38Z

Try fixing broken link

Jnc: /* External links */ BWK on his dislike of Pascal

2023-05-06T13:02:43Z

‎External links: BWK on his dislike of Pascal

Jnc: Proper cat

2018-10-20T02:26:08Z

Proper cat

Tor: Adding a bit more info

2012-12-28T12:24:14Z

Adding a bit more info

Tor: ops, indentation error.

2012-02-19T21:44:07Z

ops, indentation error.

Tor: Fixed example, corrected Wirth reference.

2012-02-19T21:43:43Z

Fixed example, corrected Wirth reference.

Neozeed: added a quick thing about turbo pascal.

2010-04-08T02:40:47Z

added a quick thing about turbo pascal.

Neozeed: New page: Pascal was a intermediate language which had some popularity in the 1980's. == Hello world ==

 begin writlin("hello world"); end.

{{stub}} Category:Languages

2009-10-26T01:53:07Z

New page: Pascal was a intermediate language which had some popularity in the 1980's. == Hello world == <pre> begin writlin("hello world"); end. </pre> {{stub}} Category:Languages

New page

Pascal was a intermediate language which had some popularity in the 1980's.

== Hello world ==
<pre>
begin
writlin("hello world");
end.
</pre>

{{stub}}
[[Category:Languages]]

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 ==External links==
 * [https://community.embarcadero.com/article/technical-articles/162-programming/7127-antique-software-turbo-pascal-v55 Antique Software: Turbo Pascal Version 5.5] - The old Turbo Pascal 5.5
 ** [https://9to5tutorial.com/try-installing-turbo-pascal-5-5-on-windows-10-64bit-11 Try installing Turbo Pascal 5.5 on Windows 10 (64bit) / 11]
 * [https://www.slac.stanford.edu/vault/collvault/greylit/cgtm/CGTM196.pdf Stanford Pascal Compiler]
 [[Category: Languages]]

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 * [https://community.embarcadero.com/article/technical-articles/162-programming/7127-antique-software-turbo-pascal-v55 Antique Software: Turbo Pascal Version 5.5] - The old Turbo Pascal 5.5
 ** [https://9to5tutorial.com/try-installing-turbo-pascal-5-5-on-windows-10-64bit-11 Try installing Turbo Pascal 5.5 on Windows 10 (64bit) / 11]
 * [https://www.cs.princeton.edu/~bwk/btl.mirror/notfavorite.html Why Pascal is Not My Favorite Programming Language] - some pithy comments from Brian Kernighan
 [[Category: Languages]]

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 == Compilers ==
-*Turbo Pascal
+* Turbo Pascal
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 ==External links==
 * [https://www.cs.princeton.edu/~bwk/btl.mirror/notfavorite.html Why Pascal is Not My Favorite Programming Language] - some pithy comments from Brian Kernighan
 [[Category: Languages]]

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 *Turbo Pascal
-== Notes ==
+==Notes==
 The old Turbo Pascal 5.5 is now freely available [http://edn.embarcadero.com/article/20803 here].
 {{semi-stub}}
 [[Category: Languages]]

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-Pascal was a strong-typed, structured language which had some popularity in the 1980s, although it lives on in various forms today (e.g. [[Delphi]]).  The language was written by Niklaus Wirth in 1968-1969. It was originally designed for teaching purposes and was lacking in some areas, it was for example not possible to write a function which could receive variable length arrays or -strings as parameters. Thus a plethora of variant implementations of Pascal followed which all improved on the original Wirth design, however not necessarily in a compatible way.
+'''Pascal''' was a strong-typed, structured language which had some popularity in the 1980s, although it lives on in various forms today (e.g. [[Delphi]]).
 == Hello world ==
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 *Turbo Pascal
 == Notes ==
 The old Turbo Pascal 5.5 is now freely available [http://edn.embarcadero.com/article/20803 here].
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+[[Category: Languages]]

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−	Pascal was a ~~intermediate~~ language which had some popularity in the ~~1980's~~. The language was written by Niklaus Wirth.	+	Pascal was a strong-typed, structured language which had some popularity in the 1980s, although it lives on in various forms today (e.g. [[Delphi]]). The language was written by Niklaus Wirth in 1968-1969. It was originally designed for teaching purposes and was lacking in some areas, it was for example not possible to write a function which could receive variable length arrays or -strings as parameters. Thus a plethora of variant implementations of Pascal followed which all improved on the original Wirth design, however not necessarily in a compatible way.

	== Hello world ==		== Hello world ==

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 begin
    writeln('hello world');
-  end.
+end.
 </pre>

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-Pascal was a intermediate language which had some popularity in the 1980's.
+Pascal was a intermediate language which had some popularity in the 1980's.  The language was written by Nicolas Worth of C# fame.
 == Hello world ==
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 end.
 </pre>
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 [[Category:Languages]]