On publication Pascal

Having recently read several new Pascal textbooks, I was struck by the multitude of ways in which programs are represented in print. Some of these are more pleasing to the eye than others, and with a typesetting machine, anything is possible. However, several books are being produced these days from typewritten copy and there seems to be no accepted second‐best to the italics‐and‐bold favoured by most publishers. It would also be desirable if the style used by books could correspond more closely to that which is handwritten or computer‐produced. This note summarizes the possibilities and makes a call for stability, if not outright standardization.