Hi Chris,

CW> Just wondering what your thoughts about teaching Year 12
CW> students a particular language?  My thoughts are either Pascal
CW> or C etc.  People have told me Pascal is the learning language,
CW> but I have read that C is possible a better one to learn.
CW> Please reply?  Or anyone else?

C is a great working language, but some of it's concepts are harder
to teach, especially as a first language.  Pascal was designed to be
a neat & tidy language for teaching.  So, if your aim is to teach
programming concepts & skills then go for Pascal.  OTOH, if you want
your students to learn a language with the job market in mind then
teach them C.

However, I would be wary of trying to teach C unless you are very
familiar with it. The subtleties can drive you crazy! :-)

Pascal is often used in algorithm books , so most C pragrammers can
read it, even if they can't write it.

Hope this helps,

Michael Stapleton of Graphic Bits.

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