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

 FM> Paul will probably say C - I suggest you stick to Pascal, both as a
 FM> 'learning' language and for development of real live applications. FIM.

Just goes to show you shouldn't class me as a one-eyed bigot after all. As
for development of real applications, for as long as speed, C is the only
way to go, everything else is just a joke.  C is a language, and is well
documented in ISO/IEC 9899:1990, giving you a predictable outcome of your
program.  It is available on practically any platform you care to name, and
is a totally usable language.  Pascal is a joke, and Turbo Pascal is a joke
available on MSDOS only, and has no standard associated with it.  BFN.

Paul

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