Sven Barth via fpc-pascal <fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org> wrote the following on 21/12/2020, 13:13:08: > Nikolay Nikolov via fpc-pascal <fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org> schrieb am > Mo., 21. Dez. 2020, 11:36: > > > > > On 12/21/20 10:42 AM, Markus Greim wrote: > > > > ....FPC has had a Turbo Pascal-like console IDE for many years... > > > > "has had" ? > > > > AKAIK "has" > > > > I still used it yesterday. > > > > English is not my native language, but I think "has had" means it still > > has it. If I had said "had" instead of "has had", it would mean it had it > > in the past, but no longer has it. Please correct me if I'm wrong. > > > > That's how I was taught it as well (with English not being my first > language): "has had" means that the "having" started in the past and holds > till now. "had had" would mean that it started in the past and ended > somewhere less in the past and "had" alone is a specific point in the past.
"has had" is correct and good English. Bob Martin in England _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org https://lists.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
