Re: New sections to the Standard Pascal website

On 26 Apr., 18:09, Scott Moore <sam...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> thomas.mer...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
> >>     + P5 compiler/interpreter, P4 brought up to the ISO 7185
standard.
> > What about the 'otherwise' or 'else' clause of 'case'
> > statements. I neither found it in your P5 nor in the FAQ.
> > I consider this one of the most im****tant extensions of
> > Pascal. Do you want to extend the P5 with 'otherwise' or
> > 'else' clauses for 'case' statements?
>
> > Greetings Thomas Mertes
>
> Good question. The P5 compiler is P4 brought up to the original pascal
> language standard or ISO 7185. It never had a otherwise or else clause
> for a case statement (nor did p4). This was a common later extention.

Pascal 6000 which predates P4 already had an 'otherwise'
clause. IMHO it was a big mistake to omit it in the P4
compiler and in the ISO 7185 standard. Do you plan to
add 'otherwise'/'else' to the P5? Since I switched
from Pascal to C in the early 90s, I am not sure if
modern Pascals prefer 'otherwise' or 'else' for 'case'
statements.

BTW.: Under which license is the P5 released?
GPL would be great.
Would there be a conflict the public domain P4 and the GPL?

Greetings Thomas Mertes

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