Subj : Re: Pascal Tutor?
To   : Dan Cross
From : Charles Stephenson
Date : Wed Jun 10 2020 01:48:21

  Re: Re: Pascal Tutor?
  By: Dan Cross to Charles Stephenson on Sat May 30 2020 06:52 am

 DC> I wouldn't bother starting with Pascal.

 DC> The critical thing when learning how to program is
 DC> really learning how to think algorithmically; to that
 DC> end, Pascal is an OK language (and was pretty good
 DC> when it was introduced) but it's become dated and
 DC> there's enough minutia that one has to keep track of
 DC> that, even as simple as it is, it can be difficult
 DC> to see the forest for the trees.

'algorithmically thinking'. That was one of the key points of why I wanted to learn Pascal. I figured it would do EXACTLY what you said 'Go' would do. lay down the blueprints for other languages.  I'm saving this post for future ref.  This was VERY VERY helpful. 

Thank you SO much.
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