Subj : Moderator after 25th. August.?
To   : Scott Adams
From : Thomas W. Mueller
Date : Wed Oct 02 2002 12:05 am

Hello Scott.

22 Sep 02 01:16, you wrote to Björn Felten:

 DD>> Stopped using Pascal? Moved on to "better" languages? Died?

 BF>> Stopped using fidonet more likely, I guess.

 SA> Yep.  BBSes...coders tended to be more hobbyist than professional.

You might have a point here. And since Borland has been and is still is trying 
very hard to piss of the hobbyist programmers it is no wonder Pascal is about 
to go down the drain.

 SA> Though there were about 12 or so I can recall of us who were in it
 SA> for the job/life/career.

I am one of the few who is lucky enough to work with Delphi. But there is 
danger coming from both sides: C++ and Visual Basic.

Thomas

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