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Re:Free Pascal Compiler Version 3.0.0 by anta40 on Thursday November 26, 2015 @10:09PM (#10635656)
>> - It doesn't blaze any theoretical trails in computer science today (e.g. Haskell)

Which is probably a good thing. As much I'm fascinating by functional programming (type system, lambda calculus, etc etc), I find it kinda difficult to program on :p

Re:Free Pascal Compiler Version 3.0.0 by michaelbunny on Saturday November 28, 2015 @02:39PM (#10642093)
You get to know another paradigm which is very important. Object orientation already evolved into an ideology. So it's very good to get to know something so totally different.