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3.0 out of 5 stars why Pascal?, October 18, 2005
This review is from: SIMD Programming Manual for Linux and Windows (Springer Professional Computing) (Hardcover)
Parallel processing is an important but rather specialised field in programming. In general, the subject treatment in this book can be useful, especially given that it covers both linux and Microsoft Windows.

But why is the parallel language a variant of Pascal? Ever since the early 80s, C overtook Pascal in usage. Very little programming goes on in Pascal anymore. It is befuddling why the people who came up with parallel Pascal did so. Far more effective, in terms of outreach, to have derived a parallel language from C [or C++]. While this may not have been the fault of the book's author, it greatly hinders its uptake.
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