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In article <INFO-M2%89112808132280@UCF1VM> you write:
>We are considering replacing Pascal with Modula2 as the language of
>instruction in our introductory Computer Science courses and were
>wondering (1) How many other schools have made this change? (2) How
>has it worked out? Any response would be appreciated.

We are in the midst of switching now.  We've converted our first
course and half of our second course.  (We run two versions of the
second course, one for students with experience in our chosen
language, the other for students without such experience.  We switched
the latter to Modula-2 this quarter also.  The "regular" version will
switch next quarter.)  We are using Metcom's Modula-2 on Macs for
these two courses.  We will use Sun's Modula-2 on the more advanced
courses.

From what I hear Modula-2 is working very well for the second course
where we emphasize abstract data types.  I don't think there is much
difference in the first course.  (We're on 10 week quarters so we
don't get to material where Modula-2 is particularly useful until the
2nd quarter.)  We will have our first experience next quarter with the
Suns.

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 Douglas S. Kerr, Department of Computer and Information Science
 The Ohio State University; 2036 Neil Ave. Columbus OH USA 43210-1277
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