XPost: alt.folklore.computers
From: commodorejohn@gmail.com

On Tue, 6 Jan 2026 13:19:54 +0100
"Carlos E.R."  wrote:

> Turbo Pascal had [...]

Sure did! But TP didn't roll out 'til 1983, thirteen years into the
language's existence.

> I don't think anyone used the original flavor of the language.

The ISO standard wasn't finalized 'til 1983, the same year as TP; even
UCSD Pascal didn't come around 'til 1977. But it was being used for
teaching well before that, and Kernighan's essay was published in '81,
so people were most definitely using (or trying to use) earlier forms
of the language for stuff.

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