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From: ee163acp@sdcc13.UUCP (DARIN JOHNSON)
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> Try VMS Pascal. It comes closest to a perfect pascal that I have seen.
> 
When I used VMS Pascal, I really liked it.  However, as far as saying
VMS Pascal is a perfect Pascal, I have to fudge a bit.  It is similar to
VMS FORTRAN in that there are major extensions to the language.  I like
these extensions, but I would think one would fall into the trap of
writing programs useable only on that compiler (I am guilty too).  So
rather than call it a 'perfect' Pascal, I would say it is 'wonderful'
Pascal.  With enumeration I/O, variable length arrays (spent 2 weeks
determining what the manual said and what really happens), initializers,
and other goodies, I might even call it a 'nice Pascal-like language'.

However, if by perfect you meant "just what I always wanted in..."
rather than "comes close to most common standards..." then ignore the
above.

   Darin Johnson