Pascal not considered harmful - was Re: Rich kids are into COBOL

[Lyndon Nerenberg]

> All true, but doesn't it make you wonder why Turbo Pascal
> was such a popular development environment for the PC for so long?
>
> Was it the sheer will power and marketing of Borland, or was
> it the volume of developers who didn't need intensive low-level I/O?

Umm, no.  It was the $49.95 price tag, back when compilers cost hundreds - 
even thousands - of dollars.

--lyndon