Prof. A Olowofoyeku (The African Chief) wrote:
On 26 Nov 2012 at 9:10, Baudouin Le Charlier wrote:
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This is a historical factor, and there was no need to duplicate features that Borland already documented well, and which were well known to Borland Pascal/Delphi programmers.
The historical facts are different. IOResult and {$I+/-} are an UCSD-Pascal feature, invented well before Turbo Pascal. Histoirical documentation is attached.
Regards,
Adriaan van Os