When I was starting out, most of the early CS classes were taught in Pascal. Later, we moved to C. Pascal was a much simpler language for teaching computer science concepts than a lower-level language, and it's ability to easily code quick hacks in it is bested only by BASIC or another interpeted language.
yep! plus pacal teaches you structured programming which will be very helpful when learning/using other languages... especially those that don't enforce structure which leads to them holding the gun for you, pointing it at your feet, and pulling the trigger all the while trying to be helpful ;)
I wouldn't bother starting with Pascal.
The critical thing when learning how to program is
really learning how to think algorithmically; to that
end, Pascal is an OK language (and was pretty good
when it was introduced) but it's become dated and
there's enough minutia that one has to keep track of
that, even as simple as it is, it can be difficult
to see the forest for the trees.
On 06-10-20 01:44, Charles Stephenson wrote to Kurt Weiske <=-
I started the basics of Pascal in my teens, and that's why I choose
Pascal over trying to learn 'C'. most that I talked to said if I could
get Pascal down, it would be easier to learn other languages.
'algorithmically thinking'. That was one of the key points of why I
wanted to learn Pascal. I figured it would do EXACTLY what you said 'Go' would do. lay down the blueprints for other languages. I'm saving this post for future ref.
This was VERY VERY helpful.
Thank you SO much.
As did I, and I was quite proficient in Pascal by the time I was 20. I was also incorporating 8086 assembler into my Pascal programs (there were a couple of ways of doing this with TP) and doing some low level DOS stuff that way.
Nowadays, I am at the whim of where my brain wants to go, and coding doesn't seem to be the place. I know I can do it, because I've done it before. :)
I remember seeing a few people doing that (actually
reading about it in FidoNet YEARS ago)
On 06-20-20 08:02, Charles Stephenson wrote to Tony Langdon <=-
On Jun 10th 8:38 am Tony Langdon said...
As did I, and I was quite proficient in Pascal by the time I was 20. I was also incorporating 8086 assembler into my Pascal programs (there were a couple of ways of doing this with TP) and doing some low level DOS
stuff that way.
I remember seeing a few people doing that (actually reading about it in FidoNet YEARS ago)
I've been wanting to get into modern programming for sometime now. I've haven't had the time or mind-frame to get back into it yet. I've seen
some pretty good looking online classes I've been thinking about doing too. Juts have to get my mind into it. Hard lately. Too many 'real
life' issues to deal with.
I remember seeing a few people doing that (actually
reading about it in FidoNet YEARS ago)
inline? I sometimes did it, that time.
btw, do you remember that virus which infected only .pas?
It was great time...
| Sysop: | sneaky |
|---|---|
| Location: | Ashburton,NZ |
| Users: | 31 |
| Nodes: | 8 (0 / 8) |
| Uptime: | 119:52:59 |
| Calls: | 2,073 |
| Calls today: | 3 |
| Files: | 11,135 |
| Messages: | 947,293 |