🚀 go-pugleaf

> 
> One of the proposed extensions to Pascal described in the July 84 Sigplan
> Notices is and extend(f) procedure, which positions to the end of 'f',
> and leaves it open for writing.  Another extension is for random access
> (seeking).  There is other work in progress to give Pascal some decent I/O.
> 
> If they keep it up, Pascal may yet end up a decent language.  Now if we just
> had own variables and compile time initialization....
> -- 
> Arnold Robbins
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Surprise, Surprise. JPC has recently approved a separate compilation
(modularity) extension that allows "own" variables. Also, a while back we
put a value initialization extension into the CEL (Candidate Extension
Library).

We're trying.

                                              Bob Dietrich
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