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From: rav@goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au (++           robin)
Subject: Re: Should I learn C or Pascal?
Date: 1996/08/06
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Date: 1996-08-06T00:00:00+00:00
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	z007400b@bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us (Ralph Silverman) writes:

	>++           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?

---PL/I is available on the PC in various versions:

1.  from Liant Software (PL/I for Windows)
2.  from IBM (PL/I for Windows 95/NT; 
3.  from IBM (PL/I for OS/2).

	>	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