On 16 Oct 2001, at 14:54, Frank Heckenbach wrote:
[Joe da Silva]
What do you consider "Standard"???
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Well, in theory I'd agree, but the terminology that's been used in GPC for a long time is to call ISO-7185 "Standard Pascal" and ISO-10206 "Extended Pascal".
I confess that I missed Joe's point entirely. Now I understand that he meant that "--standard-pascal" should really be named "--pascal" (i.e., the "standard" part is misleading).
Perhaps "--iso-pascal" and "--iso-extended-pascal" would have been better choices for the compiler switches.
I'm not sure if it's worth the trouble to rename things (including, e.g., the option `--standard-pascal') now....
The "trouble" would be minimal, no? Just some string changes?
Personally, it is irrelevant, as I know what is meant. :-) But perhaps Joe can make a case that it would help new users of GPC?
-- Dave