Quoting Tom Schneider schneidt@mail.nih.gov:
Thanks for redirecting the conversation to the important issues at hand.
GPC is quite important for many molecular biologists because the sequence logo method, which is now widely used in molecular biology, is written in Pascal.
http://alum.mit.edu/www/toms/glossary.html#sequence_logo
GPC potentially provides a long term solution only if standard Pascal can be compiled on it.
I firmly agree. 10206 is compatible with 7185. The default should be adherence to one of those, preferably 7185. With any luck this should lead to universal usage of the standards.