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: fac41,1bc17347df0c2d32,start X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: 1008e3,1bc17347df0c2d32,start X-Google-Attributes: gid1008e3,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,1bc17347df0c2d32,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: allenb@desun1.epfl.ch (Philippe Allenbach) Subject: Re: Why one school changed from Pascal to C++ Date: 1997/05/02 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 238899347 References: <33664F10.6B76@mathernet.com> Organization: EPFL, CH 1015 Lausanne Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.eiffel,comp.lang.modula3 Date: 1997-05-02T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: 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