Talk:Pascal (programming language)/Archive 2

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Archive 1

Archive 2

COBOL as an influence?

Looks like this was added back in 2007 (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pascal_(programming_language)&diff=prev&oldid=167771005) and gone unquestioned since, but it seems to me very unlikely to be the case. Snori (talk) 17:34, 25 August 2015 (UTC)

From my memory, COBOL was only an influence in the sense of "make sure it is nothing like COBOL". Yes, my memory isn't a source, but the influence has no source. I removed it. --A D Monroe III (talk) 21:20, 25 August 2015 (UTC)

Criticism section

This is way too long, with recent attempts to 'correct' it making things even worse. Is it even necessary? All programming languages have their fans and those that dislike them, their good and bad features, but they don’t have anything like this amount of criticism that I’ve seen. It should either be pared down dramatically or removed altogether.--JohnBlackburne^words_deeds 00:28, 18 October 2015 (UTC)

There was an entire page for C, but it was AfD'd into a merge, and all content lost. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 17:35, 4 June 2017 (UTC).

Extended Pascal

I noticed that the Extended Pascal section is just a reference to the equivalent ANSI standard with no discussion on its features, etc.

I'd like to come back on a rainy Saturday and greatly expand the section. Any objections?

I was the X3J9 secretary during Extended Pascal development and I've been a Pascal compiler developer since 1983.

John — Preceding unsigned comment added by Johnreagan (talk • contribs) 12:53, 31 August 2016 (UTC)

No objections! All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 17:36, 4 June 2017 (UTC).