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Line 1: {{Short description\|Programming language}} {{ProgLangCompare}} {{use mdy dates\|date=April 2023}} Line 13 ⟶ 14: === Modulo with negative dividend === Standard Pascal has ana Euclidean-like definition of the [[Modulo#In programming languages\|<syntaxhighlight lang="pascal" inline>mod</syntaxhighlight> operator]] whereas Delphi uses a truncated definition. === Nested comments === Line 141 ⟶ 142: === Temporary files === In Delphi any file must be backed by a file in the file system. That means any <syntaxhighlight lang="delphi" inline>file</syntaxhighlight> needs to be associated with a file name with ~~Delphi’s~~Delphi's <syntaxhighlight lang="delphi" inline>assign</syntaxhighlight> procedure. In contrast, Standard Pascal is usable without file names. The following will produce a run-time error with Delphi.<ref name="moore"/> Line 252 ⟶ 253: == Further reading == * Kathleen Jansen and [[Niklaus Wirth]]: ''PASCAL - User Manual and Report.'' Springer-Verlag, 1974, 1985, 1991, {{ISBN\|0-387-97649-3}}, {{ISBN\|0-387-90144-2}}, and {{ISBN\|3-540-90144-2}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20050314152247/http://www.cs.inf.ethz.ch/~wirth/books/Pascal/] * Niklaus Wirth: ''The Programming Language Pascal.'' Acta Informatica, 1, (Jun 1971) ~~35-63~~35–63 * ISO/IEC 7185: ''Programming Languages - PASCAL.'' [http://www.moorecad.com/standardpascal/] * Doug Cooper: ''Standard Pascal: User Reference Manual.'' W. W. Norton & Company, 1983, {{ISBN\|0-393-30121-4}}, {{ISBN\|978-0-393-30121-2}} Line 261 ⟶ 262: {{Pascal programming language family}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Pascal and Delphi comparison}} [[Category:Pascal programming language family]]