Why didn't Pascal quickly lead to a similar but less wordy language?

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And note that if a language is very similar to Pascal but has more succinct syntax, you could easily create a tool to translate between the two.

gregjor · Accepted Answer

Maybe because C came along at about the same time.I learned Pascal in the &lsquo;70s, then discovered C. Pascal seemed limited and verbose compared to C at the time.

eesmith · Answer

Wirth went on to develop Modula (and Modula 2), then Oberon, as successors to Pascal.Modula-2+ was one of the key influences in Python.

Why didn't Pascal quickly lead to a similar but less wordy language?

And note that if a language is very similar to Pascal but has more succinct syntax, you could easily create a tool to translate between the two.

Maybe because C came along at about the same time.
I learned Pascal in the ‘70s, then discovered C. Pascal seemed limited and verbose compared to C at the time.

Wirth went on to develop Modula (and Modula 2), then Oberon, as successors to Pascal.
Modula-2+ was one of the key influences in Python.