As many of you should know, the name for the Pascal language came from the French mathematician, physicist, inventor, and writer. However, did you also know that he knew a fair share of psychology? One of his most known works in this field being used by modern day psychologists, is the ability to persuade people to change their minds. I highly recommend this read, if you are either interested in Blaise Pascal, or psychology.
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/a-philosopher-s-350-year-old-trick-to-get-people-to-change-their-minds-is-now-backed-up-byAccording to his teachings, in order to persuade the world that Pascal is the most superior programming language in the known universe, we first need to tell them languages like Java, COBOL, and Fortran which they are currently using are good languages, and work with the positives of each language the people whom we wish to convert over are using. For example, Java is create as a business language overall, has some great OOP, and is generally pretty rounded out. However, Java tends to lack when it comes to compile and start-up times, and takes a bit of effort and knowledge of JNI to get external C libraries to play well with your Java code. Pascal on the other hand, is well suited for business applications, has really good OOP, compiles super fast, and the start-up times are non-existent. On top of that, with Pascal, working with external C libraries is relatively painless, and mostly automated, thanks to h2pas.
Rather than telling others right out why their programming language of choice is lacking, first start with the positives of their preferred language, then make a relation to the target programming language which you wish to move them towards. Plant the seed of Pascal into their minds, let them think on it, let them explore it for themselves. Most people in ComSci do not really know how far Pascal as a language has come in the past decade. It has many modern programming ideas which did not exist in the 90s when some CompSci people may have attempted to use Pascal last.
I also propose that June 19th, Blaise Pascal's birthday, be a world Pascal day, to celebrate everything Pascal, from the mathematician, to the programming language inspired by his works.