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In my opinion, you should stick with Pascal.  I am a C programmer who had
to learn to read Pascal to learn the toolbox, so I don't much like Pascal
and I do my work in C.  However, you could easily spend a summer learning
the toolbox and learning C is another task altogether.  Since much of the
available literature (particularly Inside Macintosh) uses Pascal examples,
you can concentrate on the toolbox itself.  When I was a young man (<sigh>)
I would often (and still do) cast about in several directions at once.
However, a solid appreciation of the toolbox will stand you in good stead
for years to come.  You can learn C or C++ next year.

BTW, I can heartily recommend Chernicoff's two books on the toolbox (with
Pascal examples) and Knaster's two books, as well, for other things.
And if THINK's LightSpeed C is any indication, THINK's LightSpeed Pascal
would be fine tool for your needs (although I hear good things about 
Turbo Pascal, as well).

That's my sage advice for today.

/alastair/

Disclaimer: My employers have never heard of Pascal.