Retrotechtacular: Pascal Got Frustrated at Tax Time, Too
While necessity is frequently the mother of invention, annoyance often comes into play as well. This was the case with [Blaise Pascal], who as a teenager was tasked with helping his father calculate...
View ArticleNo Pascal, not a SNOBOL’s chance. Go Forth!
My article on Fortran, This is Not Your Father’s FORTRAN, brought back a lot of memories about the language. It also reminded me of other languages from my time at college and shortly thereafter, say...
View ArticleTurbo Rascal is the Retro Pascal Compiler We Always Wanted
Pascal is not one of the biggest programming languages these days; it’s fallen into the background as the world moved on to newfangled things like C#, Python and Java. However, the language has its...
View ArticleRemembering Niklaus Wirth: Father Of Pascal And Inspiration To Many
Although perhaps not as much of a household name as other pioneers of last century’s rapid evolution of computer hardware and the software running on them, Niklaus Wirth’s contributions puts him right...
View ArticleDeveloping In Pascal On The Commodore 64 With Abacus Super Pascal 64
Abacus Super Pascal 64 for the Commodore 64. Most people associate the Commodore 64 with Commodore BASIC and precompiled applications, but it also had a number of alternative development environments...
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