Pascal
AKA delphi, objectpascal
Summary
Pascal is a procedural programming language designed in the late 1960s by Niklaus Wirth as a small, efficient language intended to encourage good programming practices. It is known for its clarity, strong typing, and readability.
Paradigms
Domains
education, desktop applications, systems programming
Key Features
modules, range types, named arguments
Typing
static system, non-structural typing, strong typing, none inference, compile-time checking, conservative type coercion, required type annotations
Compilation
compiled
Influenced By
ALGOL, ALGOL W, Simula, ALGOL 60
Ratings
File extensions
pas, dfm, dpr, inc, lpr, pascal, pp
External Links
| Status | active |
| Type | programming |
| Created | 1970 |
| Designed by | Niklaus Wirth |
| Developed by | Niklaus Wirth |
| PyPL Index | #30 |
| TIOBE Index | N/A |
| GitHub rank | #39 |