Holywar
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The page is dedicated to holywars about Pascal language (any kind of pascal included).
If you're Pascal developer being involved into a next flame about Pascal language, you're encouraged to use the page.
Why do we use Pascal
(if you don't use (Object) Pascal, please don't edit the section)
Often programmers are free to choose their tools, especially then coding as a hobby (rather than for their living). Lots of Pascal programmers choose the language because of:
- modern Object Pascal is simply one of the most productive languages and it can be used for almost everything
- clean syntax
- fast compile-time