Re: Pascal latest standard

CBFalconer wrote:
> John Reagan wrote:
> 
> ... snip ...
> 
>>BTW, the Scott's sight heavily mentions ISO 7185, you can also
>>find copies of ISO 10206 (Extended Pascal) there as well if you
>>dig around. I'm not sure which one you really want.
>>
>>The Extended Pascal standard was written as an evolution to the
>>"classic" Pascal standard.  The fact that ISO 7185 still even
>>exists as a standard was more of a political move than a
>>technical one.
> 
> 
> I disagree.  ISO 7185 is very useful as a totally ****table
> standard.  Apart from some additional reserved words, I believe
> ISO10206 is completely compatible.

I think we're actually agreeing.  All I wanted was one standard with two 
(perhaps three) levels.  With level 0 of Extended Pascal being "classic" 
Pascal (aka 7185).  It would have saved the committee from keeping both 
do***ents active and when we fixed a bug in one, we often had to go fix 
it in the other.

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John Reagan
OpenVMS Pascal/Macro-32/COBOL Project Leader
Hewlett-Packard Company