john@genrad.UUCP (John Nelson) (02/07/85)
In article <6919@watdaisy.UUCP> ndiamond@watdaisy.UUCP (Norman Diamond) writes: >Regarding the C language, the ORIGINAL version had certain rules for structure >elements which have been scrapped and re-done. > >Obviously C programmers are NOT supposed to stick to the ORIGINAL. >Why should Pascal programmers be told to stick to the ORIGINAL? Because there is no widely accepted standard of what is CURRENT Pascal. Every version of Pascal that I have seen has major syntax differences. THERE IS NO ACCEPTED STANDARD.