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To: Jeroen Pluimers who wrote (9689)	4/1/1998 1:43:00 PM
From: David R	Respond to of 10836

Pascal was designed by Nicolas Wirth as a language to teach students structured programming. I believe it dates to the late 60's.

To: Jeroen Pluimers who wrote (9689)	4/1/1998 2:01:00 PM
From: i-node	Respond to of 10836

C originates from the BCPL language starting somewhere in the 80's Actually, I think C's origin was more like 70-71, with K&R's original development coinciding (more or less) with the development of UNIX. I don't really remember PASCAL prior to the mid-70s, although it seems like some PASCAL coursework was offered around 75. Of course, it wasn't in general usage until late 70s....

To: Jeroen Pluimers who wrote (9689)	4/2/1998 6:44:00 AM
From: Charles Hughes	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10836

>>>What I remember, Pascal is older. C originates from the BCPL language starting somewhere in the 80's whereas Pascal was created in the 70's.<<< The R&D behind both started out in the late 60's. Before C there was B, and they borrowed a lot, including {}, from PL/1. C was part of the unix project. It was what gave Unix it's portability. Circa 1970. Pascal's inventor claim earlier roots, but the first useful releases were in the 70's. Actually, I claim the first useful Pascal was Borland Turbo Pascal, circa 1980-1983. Before that, especially the UCSD and MSFT versions, it was a slow-running p-code snail missing most of the useful interface and I/O capabilities. These were left as trivial exercises for implementors. :-) Because of this C was far more widespread. Cheers, Chaz