Turbo Pascal, one of the best Pascal dialects with fast compilation times, modules and everything you need for doing systems programming.
And a great built-in debugger. And Borland Pascal 7 even had protected mode support. I still get nostalgic when I see screenshots of Turbo Pascal.
I think the software would be safer would one language of that family be the default systems language for mainstream operating systems.
Indeed, there were better languages in the Pascal family (e.g. Modula-2 and Oberon), but they gained much traction. I did write some OS/2 programs with the Canterbury Modula-2 compiler.
Have you ever used Native Oberon or his successor AOS operating systems?
A nice experience that it is possible to have desktop operating systems written in GC enabled system programming languages, contrary to what many people think.
Sadly not well known outside the Zurique's Technical University (ETHZ) or the institutes that work with them.
I liked in the experience back in the mid-nineties and I am a bit of Oberon collector.
And a great built-in debugger. And Borland Pascal 7 even had protected mode support. I still get nostalgic when I see screenshots of Turbo Pascal.
I think the software would be safer would one language of that family be the default systems language for mainstream operating systems.
Indeed, there were better languages in the Pascal family (e.g. Modula-2 and Oberon), but they gained much traction. I did write some OS/2 programs with the Canterbury Modula-2 compiler.