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Article #269Re: pascal as an intro. language
From: db
Date: Thu, 06 Mar 1986 12:37
Date: Thu, 06 Mar 1986 12:37
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In article <4360@ut-sally.UUCP> ark@sally.UUCP (Arthur M. Keller) writes: >The main issue appears to be that if you restrict yourself >to the features of Pascal when teaching Ada, what's wrong with using >Ada syntax and an Ada compiler? Pascal can run on lots of >environments rather efficiently. Pascal is a simple yet powerful language. Several articles by Soloway, Bonar, Erlich & co. suggest that the ability to break out of a loop makes learning to program much easier. For example, See CACM vol 26 (1983) pp853-860. Standard PASCAL doesn't have this feature. If you want efficient compilers & a simple language, I'd suggest Modula-2. This also has the advantages of defined string-handling, modules & separate compilation, instaed of the various ad-hoc hacks to PASCAL to make it a halfway reasonable programming language. I can't remember if Modula-2 has a break statement. If not, I guess ADA should be considered. -- Dave Berry. CS postgrad, Univ. of Edinburgh ...mcvax!ukc!cstvax!db
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!whuxl!whuxlm!akgua!gatech!seismo!mcvax!ukc!cstvax!db From: db@cstvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.lang.pascal,net.college Subject: Re: pascal as an intro. language Message-ID: <75@cstvax.UUCP> Date: Thu, 6-Mar-86 07:37:49 EST Article-I.D.: cstvax.75 Posted: Thu Mar 6 07:37:49 1986 Date-Received: Sun, 9-Mar-86 08:44:35 EST References: <192@bu-cs.UUCP> <4253@ut-sally.UUCP> <433@snow.warwick.UUCP> <4360@ut-sally.UUCP> Reply-To: db@cstvax.UUCP (Dave Berry) Organization: Comp. Sc., Edinburgh Univ., Scotland Lines: 20