This reads like trolling. "It crashed, because it was not written in Pascal"? Come on.
It may have crashed because it was written in C/C++, perhaps. But on the exact same grounds, why not say "It crashed because it was not written in Haskell"? (Or any of several other languages.) Why Pascal in particular?
Because back in the 1970's, Pascal and C were the two languages battling it out. At the time C seemed like the best option of the two, but now that everything is online, we realize Pascal is the better option of the two.
benibela doesn't sound like s/he is talking about the 1970s. Rather, the point seems to be crashes today.
But no, the people back then weren't fools wandering in darkness. C won not just because it appeared better, but because it was better. Pascal appeared better - it had better theory, and a better story. But for actually writing software, C was better. Even with all the "shoot yourself in the foot" potential, C was still better. Programming in Pascal was like picking your nose with boxing gloves on compared to programming in C. (I exaggerate, but Pascal was noticeably - and frustratingly - clumsier to use.)
It may have crashed because it was written in C/C++, perhaps. But on the exact same grounds, why not say "It crashed because it was not written in Haskell"? (Or any of several other languages.) Why Pascal in particular?