Hey now, don't be dissin' pascal, c++ is now a strongly typed language. Strong typing helps keep programs sane, and is easily overcome with typecasting.
There is very little difference between c++ and borland's pascal, except that c++ has more users and has a few more of the rough corners rounded of on confusing issues like templates functions etc. Pascal chronically gets a bad rap. It is percieved to be a learner's language, and to be slow. But Borland makes both pascal Delphi, and c++ Builder. They make compilers for both, and the speed of the resulting programs is about the same. It's kind of like the M language itself. Unless you are looking for blazing speed (and in that case, go to assembly language), it is much more important what people do WITH a language than the bells and whistles of a language itself. So with M, which is a very limited language in my opinion (please no flames!), but VistA is an extremely strong program that has worked for 20+ years. Its hard to argue with that. So give Delphi and pascal some slack! :-) Kevin --- Doctor Bones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At first I thought !!! DOH!!!! Actual Source > Code.... > engage brain :) > > Then I saw the source code... and I think I would > rather try it from the > outside in. If I must, I will compile it again... > but... > It is written in PASCAL..... for heaven's sake. > I haven't even looked at pascal since ...well... my > pascal class which > was a good 20 years ago. > > I was thinking more along the lines of patching wine > to make it work. > It seems perhaps less daunting :D > > Now... sleep...(nightmares about strong typecasting) > and then study... > CPRS next weekend! > > Ciao > Mano > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT > Products from real users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. > Start reading now. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/ ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
