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On 28 Sep 1995, Ian S. Nelson wrote:

> It just caters to those that spent the time and effort to learn C.  C is not 
> easy to learn, colleges prove this because class averages drop as they go from
> Pascal 101 to C 101 (or at least I've heard of it happening at more than one 
> school) And yet we still have this world where the majority of programmers are
> familiar with C and worse yet, a lot of C users are C zealots.  

Well, sure C isn't as easy to learn as Pascal, and pointers only make it 
more difficult. However, I'm sure you could find easier languages to 
learn than Pascal, too. It's a lot like learning to ride a tricycle 
versus learning to ride a bike -- learning to ride a tricycle is a lot 
easier, but once you actually want to get somewhere, it's very frustrating.

Keep in mind that there is a difference between programming languages 
that are meant for programmers and those that are meant for teaching.

(I never had any trouble learning C (coming from old, line-number BASIC 
-- not Pascal)... procedural languages are mostly alike.)

- Trung