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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Rumors of Borland “dying” are greatly exaggerated:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>http://borland.com/<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> owner-tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4@public.gmane.org [mailto:owner-tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4@public.gmane.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Mauro Souza<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 14, 2013 9:35 PM<br><b>To:</b> tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4@public.gmane.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [TLUG]: Semi-OT: Why Kids Can't use Computers<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Pascal died when Delphi died with Borland, crushed by Java and .NET.<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>I had Pascal on my first semester on college, and never ever touched Pascal again.<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>I had a lot of colleages on college that programmed Pascal/Delphi for living, but their numbers got thinner every year. almost everybody migrated their skills to Java/.Net or became DBAs or sysadmins.<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>I worked with VB (and made fun of my Delphy colleages when Borland died), and migrated to system administration. Is more fun, pays more, and have more "job security" than programming...<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>Today C/Java/.NET dominates the desktop and enterprise market, with PHP/Python/Ruby/Javascript on the webservers, and Pascal is not much relevant anymore.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Mauro<br><a href="http://mauro.limeiratem.com">http://mauro.limeiratem.com</a> - registered Linux User: 294521<br>Scripture is both history, and a love letter from God.<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>2013/8/14 William Park <<a href="mailto:opengeometry-FFYn/CNdgSA@public.gmane.org" target="_blank">opengeometry-FFYn/CNdgSA@public.gmane.org</a>><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 01:01:08AM -0400, Paul King wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>> ... Hence, my choices from the Pascal family. Languages like C, C++, and<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>> Python can be taught in Grade 11 or 12 once the basics are out of the way.<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>Off topic... what really happened to Pascal/Modula-X ?<br>From my memory, it had pretty fast compile time, and they could've added<br>more data structures into the language if needed.<br><span class=hoenzb><span style='color:#888888'>--</span></span><span style='color:#888888'><br><span class=hoenzb>William</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>--<br>The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: <a href="http://gtalug.org/" target="_blank">http://gtalug.org/</a><br>TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns<br>How to UNSUBSCRIBE: <a href="http://gtalug.org/wiki/Mailing_lists" target="_blank">http://gtalug.org/wiki/Mailing_lists</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>