First of all excusme for my little english.

I'm new and I haven't experience with GPC, in fact I don't like Pascal very much. But I need to do a work for the university. The version I run is: Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/2.8.1/specs gpc version 19990118, based on gcc-2.8.1

And I have some problems comparing strings.

If I compile and run the next program:

Program test;

var a,b:string(20); begin a:='Hello'; b:='Bye';

if(a<b) then writeln('Hello<Bye'); if(a>b) then writeln('Hello>Bye'); if(b<a) then writeln('Bye<Hello'); if(b>a) then writeln('Bye>Hello'); end.

The output generated is: Bye<Hello Bye>Hello

And, logically it isn't very nice :-)

My question is simple: why the program don't function as desired? Or, if the error is mine, What I do bad?

Postdate: I need to compile the program in the metionated version, and I can't update to a newer (university's administrators are not very servicial) Thus, if we can give a solution for the above version I'll be very happy. Otherwise I will be to codify strings with arrays of chars.

Please , if someone reply to this message can send a copy to jpujo012@correu.udg.es

Thanks And, another time excusme for me english.