Message-Id: <199811141758.RAA09490@remus.clara.net>
From: "Arthur" <arfa AT clara DOT net>
To: <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: RE: pascal
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 1998 17:57:30 -0000
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> > > > >    When i try to compile pascal it gives the error message:
> > > > >
> > > > >    pascal compiler not installed on this system
> > > > >
> > > > >    is there a zip file that i forgot to download or did i do
> > > > > something wrong??
> > > >
> > > > You've probably only got the C/C++ distribution. I'm not sure
> > > where you can
> > > > get the Pascal files from. Try the zip picker on
> > > www.delorie.com/djgpp. BTW,
> > > > you do know that DJGPP is a C/C++ compiler - so unless you are
> > > going to try
> > > > and link pascal files with C files, you are a little offtopic.
> > >
> > > Why?  DJGPP's Pascal compiler is a perfectly reasonable tool
> for someone
> > > to use and discuss on this forum, IMHO.
> >
> > Fair enough. I just thought that DJGPP was the C/C++ port of the GNU
> > package, and that GNU Pascal wasn't part of DJGPP. I'm
> obviously wrong. How
> > many people here use GNU Pascal though?
>
> Not to start a language war - I am perfectly happy using both C
> and Pascal.
> But whenever I want a fairly complex program to develop smoothly, with a
> minimum of obscure errors, I use Pascal.  This eliminates
> thinking about what
> is or isn't a pointer, makes struct/record field use obvious, and (totally
> unavailable in C) allows me to use subranges and nested
> procedures/functions.

I have nothing against Pascal. I just thought that it might be offtopic
talking about a version that is not part of the DJGPP distribution - in the
same way that it's offtopic to talk about Visual C++. Obviously the DJGPP
distribution contains a port of GNU pascal and so that is on topic.

James Arthur
jaa AT arfa DOT clara DOT net
ICQ#15054819