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For questions regarding the use or installation of the Pascal language on retrocomputers.
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x86 as a Pascal Machine?
Pascal was notable at the time for having nested scopes. … So, a CPU that supports dereferencing a chain of stack frames is much more "Pascal" friendly than one that does not.
C doesn't have this issue, it's a flat namespace. …
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What caused the downfall of Pascal?
The singular problem with Pascal in contrast to C was that C is a much more generic language than Pascal with a more flexible typing system. … The original Pascal typing system wasn't flexible enough to handle outliers such the I/O system which need to support multiple types. nil is a keyword in Pascal because of the strict typing issues. …
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How can I reverse-engineer the game Wizardry (1981) for PC, based on UCSD Pascal?
I am sure the Wizardry folks took advantage of everything Apple Pascal and the Apple had to offer for their game. …
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