On (07 Jun 94) Paul Edwards wrote to Chris Woldhuis...



 CW> Just wondering what your thoughts about teaching Year 12 students a

 CW> particular language?  My thoughts are either Pascal or C etc.

 CW> People have told me Pascal is the learning language, but I have read that

 CW> C is possible a better one to learn.  Please reply?  Or anyone else?



 PE> Start with Pascal in preference to C, DEFINITELY.



Agreed. C has too many intricate bits that you have to master

before you can write a decent program. Learning these bits gets in

the way of learning general programming principles.



Cheers



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