Pascal vs C

If you were to give a language like Python static typing and make it a compiled language instead of interpreted, you basically end up with something like Pascal. So how would you rate Pascal's abilities compared to C? I know dynamic typing requires runtime checking, but would it be possible to have dynamic typing in a compiled language like Pascal?

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You're ignoring the fact that in assembly languages, every BIOS call is still a BIOS call, every OS call is an OS call and the main point: every library call is a library call. These are all external to the language itself; what the abstract code does on the machine is congruent with exactly what is written--give or take optimization (performed before assembly anyhow.) And, no, you don't need to make your own runtime to implement any language features.

This isn't about the bane of runtime support requirement, or that using a runtime is somehow bad. It's about the simple distinction that, technically speaking, assembly languages by definition don't have a certain requirement that others do.

This barely relevant yet concrete little fact offends everyone. Have a nice day, /prog/.