by Richard Engebretson <eng@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Apr 25, 2008 at 01:41 AM
Page 7 of the book, "Turbo Pascal 6 Object-Oriented Programming" says;
"The first object-oriented extensions to the Pascal language were
implemented by Apple Computer, Inc., with the help of Nicklaus Wirth,
father of Pascal. The Turbo Pascal OOP features find their roots in
the Apple computer implementation."
The time line is surprisingly familiar. I was aware of the CDC Pascal
when my roommate took Pascal at the U of Minnesota in about 1975. I
had taken Fortran. Then I got an Epson QX10 before the IBM PC. I got
decent at interfacing that Epson on its synchronous serial ****t that
included the clock pin. The IBM PC serial ****t became the interrupt
controlled "asynchronous" ****t. My rivals made a very big deal about
the Apple Macintosh. That got me to about 1985.
In a 10 year span it went from punched paper card readers to desktops.
I had 3 children and sat out the next 20 years. When I returned to
learning computers I found Linux and FreePascal. Chasing the latest
greatest is for young people. I like stability as I dig into the
complexities of these machines. And I want my synchronous serial ****t
back.
