From Pascal to Delphi to Object Pascal-2000
Alexander Gofen · ACM SIGPLAN Notices · 2001
The evolution of Pascal to Delphi, the powerful and elegant features of that language and RAD environment are discussed. Yet the evolution was not smooth, some inconsistencies and glitches built up. So the next version of the language named Object Pascal 2000 is suggested. It eliminates the inconsistencies, improves the language and sets the fundamentals for standardizing it.