alt Hacker NewsI forgot most of this but looking into the BBS software at the time, it looks like most of it was based on Pascal. Apparently very popular at the time
I forgot most of this but looking into the BBS software at the time, it looks like most of it was based on Pascal. Apparently very popular at the time
Pascal was poised to be the de facto language for microcomputers back in the 80s and early 90s. It really could have gone either way.
I'm not sure what tipped the balance to C/C++. Maybe the Microsoft compilers? Maybe the merge of the minicomputer world into microcomputers? Either way, Pascal held on (via Delphi) into the early 2000s.