On Sunday 14 May 2006 08:57, Michael Van Canneyt wrote:
> On Sun, 14 May 2006, Ido Kanner wrote:
> > Nicholas Wirth once said that a language requires good name (I don't
> > recall the exact quote), without a good name the language will fail.
>
> In that case he did a poor PR job, obviously.
>
> > Personally, I belive that we need to kill the name "Pascal" because many
> > people does not respect that language (I still do not understand why).
>
> It _IS_ pascal, and we had better be proud of it !
> If _WE_ are not proud of it, who will be ?
>
> Really, this is the world upside down !!
> Why would the smart kneel for the stupid ??
>
> (Yes, being rethorical here... not accusing anyone of anything)
>
> Michael.
I agree! There is nothing wrong with any of the names. I truly doubt anyone
is offended by 'Pascal" or 'Lazarus'. If it becomes one of the best
development environments available then I bet (even if the name was
offensive) programmers would use it.
John
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