Y2K Diary [ 29.02.00 ]

60. Programming (Part 1)
Basic.  Text, number and one colour green.  Very old.

Cobol.  My first attempt in programming.  It used to be a professional vocation in itself.  A bit of an obsolete language.

Pascal (after the philosopher / mathematician), now Delphi.

Valid keywords in Pascal: Integer, Char, Record, Case, Real, If, While, With, Else.


                 Program TWOQUOTES:
begin
  writeln('Hello there. I''m fine.')
end
                                                       


C and C++ have overridden the first three as graphics features badly needed to be included. NP





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