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> Hi Chris,
>
> but I would like to add that I sincerely regret the
> absence of standard libraries. But this was already
> the case for Modula-2 and it was agggrevated with
> Oberon. Althoug the disappearance of easy routines
> for reading like ReadLn in favor of Scanners is a big
> leap forward it prevents people from switching.
>
> It requires refactoring of the own thoughts ...
> something many people have problems with.
>
Yes - the absence of standard libraries used to be a
problem. However, that is no longer the case when using
frameworks like .NET and JVM. e.g. I can now use an
identical set of standard (i.e. .NET framework) libraries
with Component Pascal that are used by a C# developer (or
any of the other 40 or more languages available).
How we used to look at things has been turned on its head -
instead of each language having its own set of libraries,
the libraries (frameworks) now have a set of languages. Once
a language has been implemented on a framework portability
comes from the framework being implemented on another
platform not the language.
Regards,
Chris
Chris Burrows
CFB Software
http://www.cfbsoftware.com/gpcp
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