Pascal is a programming language named after the French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher Blaise Pascal. It was developed in the early 1970s by Swiss computer scientist Niklaus Wirth. The language’s design was a response to the desire for a system that would facilitate good programming practices, such as structured programming and data structuring. Pascal’s Design […]
Pascal and Delphi: How They Power Modern Programming
The programming languages Pascal and Delphi have played a pivotal role in the evolution of software development. Pascal, created by Niklaus Wirth in the late 1960s and early 1970s, was designed with structured programming and data structuring in mind. Its clarity, simplicity, and reliability influenced an entire generation of programmers and set a new standard […]
Pascal at 50: Tracing the Evolution of a Programming Legend
Prelude to Innovation: The Genesis of Pascal The Dawn of a New Era in Programming In the late 1960s, a visionary computer scientist, Professor Niklaus Wirth, embarked on a journey that would forever change the landscape of programming. Wirth, who had already made significant contributions to the development of ALGOL 60, a precursor to many […]
Basic Bitwise Operations in Pascal
Four simple bitwise operations as Pascal functions.