Hi, Paul.

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

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

PE>Just goes to show you shouldn't class me as a one-eyed
PE>bigot after all.

Yes, sincere apologies once again.

PE>                 As for development of real applications,
PE>for as long as speed, C is the only way to go, everything
PE>else is just a joke.  C is a language, and is well
PE>documented in ISO/IEC 9899:1990, giving you a predictable
PE>outcome of your program.  It is available on practically
PE>any platform you care to name, and is a totally usable
PE>language.  Pascal is a joke, and Turbo Pascal is a joke
PE>available on MSDOS only, and has no standard associated
PE>with it.  BFN.

Turbo Pascal is also a totally usable language - a lot more so than C
(IMHO, of course). The current non-availability on other platforms is
irrelevant if there is no market for your product which uses other than
DOS/Windows.

The "standard" issue is IMHO a furphy, although I'm aware that you have
a big thing about it.

Regards, FIM.

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