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From: "." <wmackay@om.com.au>
Subject: Re: What's the best language to learn? [was Re: Should I learn C or
 Pascal?]
Date: 1996/09/07
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Yes Fortran IV was my first language too. None of this structured 
programming clap-trap in those days. 
Hello to all programming teachers. I'm on the lookout for ideas on 
algorithmic-based instruction with language sytax coming a distant second 
place.  How do you test for such skills in your students?

Thanks
Bill Mackay