Subj : Re: RIP Niklaus Wirth
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Ben Collver
Date : Fri Jan 05 2024 13:27:41

  Re: Re: RIP Niklaus Wirth
  By: poindexter FORTRAN to Dr. What on Fri Jan 05 2024 06:36:00

PF>  Tiny, too.
PF>
PF> (From https://prog21.dadgum.com/116.html)
PF>
PF> The entire Turbo Pascal 3.02 executable--the compiler and IDE--was
PF> 39,731 bytes. How does that stack up in 2011 terms? Here are some things
PF> that Turbo Pascal is smaller than, as of October 30, 2011:

Thanks!  I enjoyed reading that.  :-)
I learned Pascal because that's what they taught at school.
My first PC had no fixed disk, only 5-1/4" floppies
It was important for software to be small like this.

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