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Article forgot to mention that Niklaus Wirth was a consultant for the team at Apple that created Object Pascal. Apple had used variations of Pascal and Object
by Tozen 5y ago
Article forgot to mention that Niklaus Wirth was a consultant for the team at Apple that created Object Pascal. Apple had used variations of Pascal and Object Pascal for early Macs. This was in addition to companies using Wirth's Modula-2 and Oberon.
Part of the reason why C became so prevalent is it being created within and backed by AT&T (one of the largest companies in the world back then). They pushed C and Unix everywhere, it took hold, and here we are today.