Why I use Object Pascal

Re:Why I use Object Pascal by ksec on Tuesday October 17, 2017 @10:10AM (#15490998)

For absolute beginners, I still think Pascal, or Turbo Pascal is best to start. It has a syntax that doesn't scare people away, and very readable. Deploying is also 1 trillion times easier then what ever we have today, ( C , Python , Ruby , Node.js ... )

I would have picked Ruby if it could compiled into a single executable file, and if the Dev environment actually work on Windows.

P.S: It does work on Windows, but not as simple and easy as it should be. Compared to every other alternative on the market.

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Re:Why I use Object Pascal by gadders on Tuesday October 17, 2017 @01:19PM (#15492745)

At my university, we skipped Pascal and went straight to Modula 2. This was in the late 80's - early 90's.

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Re:Why I use Object Pascal by thethirdone on Tuesday October 17, 2017 @03:51PM (#15494269)

> Deploying is also 1 trillion times easier then what ever we have today, ( C , Python , Ruby , Node.js ... )

What makes it easier?

Distributing an executable from C seems easy. And using package managers from others also seems easy.

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Re:Why I use Object Pascal by boznz on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @02:00AM (#15497190)

Press F9 and you get a self contained exe which was not dependent on any libraries in about a second.. I think that was what the poster was getting at.

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Re:Why I use Object Pascal by mixmastamyk on Tuesday October 17, 2017 @04:05PM (#15494399)

Absolute beginners don’t deploy though, they write lessons down and then hit run. “Scripting” langs work great for this.

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