On 17 Feb 2011, at 22:48, Gene Buckle wrote:
> Yep. Any time you've got accountants running a technology company, you've
> got a failed company that doesn't know it yet.
I believe this discussion has ended up well into the territory of the fpc-other
list now... :)
Thanks,
Jonas
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On Thu, 17 Feb 2011, Cees Binkhorst wrote:
That was the time the professional managers took over.
Fuller was his name if my memory is correct.
They allowed Anders Hejlsberg to be bought by MS (signing bonus), while
'the managers' took hefty bonuses and shares (which Anders did not get,
while he
That was the time the professional managers took over.
Fuller was his name if my memory is correct.
They allowed Anders Hejlsberg to be bought by MS (signing bonus), while
'the managers' took hefty bonuses and shares (which Anders did not get,
while he was the brains, and they only the suites).
R
On Thu, 17 Feb 2011, Cees Binkhorst wrote:
Philippe Kahn did more for Pascal then Dijkstra.
He expanded it and made it soo cheaply available that it was an instant
winner.
...and Borland/Inprise squandered the lead.
g.
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Philippe Kahn did more for Pascal then Dijkstra.
He expanded it and made it soo cheaply available that it was an instant
winner.
Regards / Cees
On 02/17/2011 07:32 PM, Doug Chamberlin wrote:
> On 2/17/11 12:04 PM, Frank Church wrote:
>> How about Dijkstra?
> Where can I send a letter to the edit
On 2/17/11 12:04 PM, Frank Church wrote:
How about Dijkstra?
Where can I send a letter to the editor saying "Naming the language
Dijkstra is considered harmful." ;)
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On 16 February 2011 16:51, leledumbo wrote:
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> Yeah, he let Pascal in the last state he worked on. But don't you know he's
> also an actor behind (Apple's) Object Pascal?
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Yeah, he let Pascal in the last state he worked on. But don't you know he's
also an actor behind (Apple's) Object Pascal?
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Am 16.02.2011 17:36, schrieb Rich Saunders:
On 2/16/11 11:27 AM, Sven Barth wrote:
...he's still happily alive: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niklaus_Wirth
Of course he is. I only meant he has not paid much attention to the
Pascal language for decades. ;)
In that case I've misunderstood you ^^
On 2/16/11 11:27 AM, Sven Barth wrote:
...he's still happily alive: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niklaus_Wirth
Of course he is. I only meant he has not paid much attention to the
Pascal language for decades. ;)
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Am 16.02.2011 17:20, schrieb Rich Saunders:
On 2/16/11 5:40 AM, greim wrote:
I suggest to ask first Professor Niklaus Wirth
I think he has moved on long ago.
Don't let him know that, as he's still happily alive:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niklaus_Wirth
Regards,
Sven
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On 2/16/11 5:40 AM, greim wrote:
I suggest to ask first Professor Niklaus Wirth
I think he has moved on long ago.
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I suggest to ask first
Professor Niklaus Wirth
Regards
Markus Greim
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Op 2011-02-16 11:48, Frank Church het geskryf:
>
> How about Apollo?
Some might suggest "Titanic" too. :-)
With my original post I wasn't actually asking for new suggestions, but
simply if FPC considers the language it uses as a "new" language named
for example "Free Pascal", or does it still c
Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote:
Marco van de Voort wrote:
In our previous episode, Ben said:
What is the programming language used in and with the Free Pascal Compiler?
* Object Pascal
* Delphi
* Free Pascal
* Pascal
Pretty much all apply. Free Pascal has a mode concept with 5/6 mo
Moreover, we need to distinguish between the base (i.e. standard) language
and the implemented language (and its extensions). Almost all programming
languages with more than one implementations do. For instance, standard C
cannot have nested functions, but C implemented by GCC can. Standard C
cann
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