C inside of unix, which is probably the world Brian was coming from, didn't have those problems. And he had a point about the lack of unification. As to ignorin

C inside of unix, which is probably the world Brian was coming from, didn't have those problems. And he had a point about the lack of unification. As to ignoring the dialects lacking that set of issues, I don't see how so. He explicitly stated that various dialects had solved the problems he discussed, but noted that such solutions were non-portable. So I still consider it a valid assessment of the language he assessed. But I also acknowledge that Pascal is no longer that language.