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by open-source-ux 1270 days ago
"The 'var' section, magic "Result" variable and begin/end pairs are just from another age...Programming languages have advanced _a lot_ since Pascal was created."

I understand why some programmers dislike Pascal's syntax, but C and C++ are also old and still popular (including for new projects). Syntax and semantics are closely entwined but C and C++ syntax still influence "modern" languages.

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Nim has a result variable, it's very handy.