On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 1:28 AM, Michael Van Canneyt <mich...@freepascal.org> wrote: > Pascal is declarative, Please... no, Pascal is not declarative, and we have establised that fact just about two weeks ago.
>not functional. >Trying to import elements from the second into the first is misguided. Pascal is also procedural, not object-oriented. <sarcasm> Trying to import this new and weird "object" into a nice procedural language is misguided, stupid, and people proposing that should be banned forever from Pascal comminity... </sarcasm> > There is of course no *technical* reason why you cannot do this. > But you must have some regard for the basic properties and design principles > of Pascal. "Basic properties" is a very general notion. I suggest specific extensions with their associated costs and benefits -- please let's discuss those. What specific disadvantages will, in your opinion, result from implementing this proposal? > you have no place in a pascal community That was not nice. > I play chess. The rules of chess have not evolved in a long time. > It doesn't make the game less popular or interesting to those that play it. Yes, actually it does exactly that. > I dare you to propose a new movement or a new piece, and see how the chess > community reacts. With enthusiasm. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_variant -- Alexander S. Klenin _______________________________________________ fpc-devel maillist - fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-devel
