From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 109fba,ec5e801e70a0a8f1 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,ec5e801e70a0a8f1 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 101deb,ec5e801e70a0a8f1 X-Google-Attributes: gid101deb,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,6154de2e240de72a X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public From: z007400b@bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us (Ralph Silverman) Subject: Re: Should I learn C or Pascal? Date: 1996/08/01 Message-ID: <4tqbi7$pdc@nntp.seflin.lib.fl.us>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 171984212 references: <4t6hrs$kid@goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au> <31FD4510.4150@voyager.co.nz> <4tkc4n$569@sjx-ixn5.ix.netcom.com> <4tp7fc$8fp@goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au> followup-to: comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.pl1 organization: SEFLIN Free-Net - Broward newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.pl1 Date: 1996-08-01T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: ++ robin (rav@goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au) wrote: : robt2@ix.netcom.com(Rob(t.) Brannan) writes: : >As a first language Pascal is the way to go for many reasons. : >C is very complicated as a first language (libraries,pointers,numerous : >low level routines), not to mention some of the errors that you will : >encounter are not exactly well covered in any book. : >As a newbie , remember trying to figure out whats wrong when an : >included file or library was just left out! : ---Then use PL/I. That just can't happen! : PL/I is an excellent first language. And the : output is even *easier* to do than Pascal or C. : BTW, one of the advantages of PL/I for a beginner : is the excellent diagnstic messages not only at run time, : but also at compile time. -- *************begin r.s. response*************** pl/1 certainly would be good... but is this available for the pc? once found a kind of interpreter/simulator... but this was quite limited in language features! *************end r.s. response***************** Ralph Silverman z007400b@bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us