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Re:Why Is SQLite Coded in C and not Rust by wat10000 on Wednesday October 15, 2025 @08:59PM (#45600334)
Folklore.org has many stories about writing Lisa OS code in Pascal, about rewriting various pieces in assembly for the Macintosh, and developing apps in Pascal, but I can’t find any mention of actually writing any part of the original Mac system in Pascal.

Nothing you’ve quoted says otherwise. The closest is the very first sentence, but all it says is that Pascal was in use at Apple when the Macintosh project began, not that it was used for that project.

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Re:Why Is SQLite Coded in C and not Rust by pjmlp on Thursday October 16, 2025 @01:43AM (#45601820)
Whatever makes you happy to keep your view on the matter.

https://bitsavers.org/pdf/apple/mac/Inside_Macintosh_Vol_1_1...

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Re:Why Is SQLite Coded in C and not Rust by wat10000 on Thursday October 16, 2025 @10:51AM (#45606091)
Now I'm wondering if you actually understand the difference between providing a Pascal interface and actually using Pascal to implement the stuff. That manual discusses the interface.

I'm happy to change my view given evidence, but you have yet to provide a single word of evidence that there was any Pascal in the original Macintosh system.

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