From: allenb@desun1.epfl.ch (Philippe Allenbach)
Subject: Re: Why one school changed from Pascal to C++
Date: 1997/05/02
Date: 1997-05-02T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <allenb.40.004C9240@desun1.epfl.ch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 33664F10.6B76@mathernet.com
Not to begin a language war and personnaly, I don't use C++ but still worth
reading,I thought it would be interesting to spread this post to other
newsgroups.
>I found this through a publisher's home page. It's a paper detailing
>(It's several screens long, I haven't read it all the way through yet)
>why the CS program at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne (in the
>U.K.) switched from Pascal to C++ in their introductory CS class.
>I thought some of you might find it interesting. Personally, I've
>always liked Pascal, and I'm glad I was taught it, but I'm really
>curious about their reasons. Here's the URL:
>http://www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/publications/books/apprentice/InstructorsManual/C++_Choi
>ce.html
>AMT
Philippe Allenbach
allenb@desun1.epfl.ch
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1997-05-02 0:00 ` Philippe Allenbach [this message]
1997-05-02 0:00 ` Why one school changed from Pascal to C++ Richard Watts
1997-05-03 0:00 ` Kevin Cline
1997-05-02 0:00 ` Farshad Nayeri
1997-05-05 0:00 ` Rennie Allen
1997-05-05 0:00 ` Farshad Nayeri
1997-05-06 0:00 ` Richard Watts
1997-05-06 0:00 ` Farshad Nayeri
1997-05-06 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-05-06 0:00 ` Spencer Allain
1997-05-13 0:00 ` W. Wesley Groleau (Wes)
1997-05-15 0:00 ` Kaz Kylheku
1997-05-02 0:00 ` Lance Kibblewhite
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