From: Chad Perrin <perrin@...>
Date: 2007-07-19T05:08:02+09:00
Subject: Re: Taking the bull by its horns

On Thu, Jul 19, 2007 at 03:00:53AM +0900, Lloyd Linklater wrote:
> Robert Klemme wrote:
> > PS: Robert, IMHO Pascal is a great language for learning to program
> > because it omits the dimension of OO and allows to focus on proper
> > structuring. Also, it's far more readable than C.
> 
> Actually, Delphi came out 12 years ago and Pascal was object oriented 
> before that.
> 
> Just keeping the record straight.

Technically, Object Pascal and certain other Pascal extensions are object
oriented, but plain-vanilla Pascal is not an OO language.  There's still
a (not technically obsolete) Pascal language out there.

-- 
CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ]
awj @reddit: "The terms never and always are never always true."