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Re:Why Pascal Is Not My Favorite Programming Language (1981) by tokyodude on Monday February 25, 2019 @04:51AM (#19244390)
Someone told me TurboPascal was actually Modula-2 just named "Pascal" for marketing. Where they wrong?
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Re:Why Pascal Is Not My Favorite Programming Language (1981) by mannschott on Monday February 25, 2019 @05:38AM (#19244590)
Yes.

Most obviously Modula-2 is is case-sensitive, while (Turbo)Pascal is not. Also Modula-2 addresses the danging-else problem in Pascal, while TurboPascal does not.

It wouldn't surprise me if TurboPascal addressed some of the same deficiencies in Pascal that Wirth also addressed in Modula-2, but they probably do so differently.

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Re:Why Pascal Is Not My Favorite Programming Language (1981) by pjc50 on Monday February 25, 2019 @06:03AM (#19244691)
No, it was definitely Pascal. There's certainly quite a lot of stylistic crossover between the two languages but they are distinct.
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