Earlier efforts
Much of the history of computer language design during the 1960s can be traced to the Näytä lisää

Early Pascal compilers
The first Pascal compiler was designed in Zürich for the CDC 6000 series mainframe computer family. Niklaus Wirth reports that a first attempt to … Näytä lisää

Compilers and interpreters
Several Pascal compilers and interpreters are available for general use:
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Pascal generated a wide variety of responses in the computing community, both critical and complimentary.
Early criticism
While very popular in the 1980s and early 1990s, implementations of Pascal that closely followed … Näytä lisää

Pascal, in its original form, is a purely procedural language and includes the traditional array of ALGOL-like control structures with … Näytä lisää

ISO/IEC 7185:1990 Pascal
In 1983, the language was standardized in the international standard IEC/ISO 7185 and several local country-specific standards, including the American ANSI/IEEE770X3.97-1983, and ISO 7185:1983. These … Näytä lisää

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