Re: Object Pascal vs Ada -- which is better for a hobbyist?

["Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)" <yannick_duchene@yahoo.fr>]

Le Thu, 04 Jul 2013 13:47:20 +0200, <gautier_niouzes@hotmail.com> a écrit:

> Le jeudi 4 juillet 2013 08:59:26 UTC+2, Dufr a écrit :
>> Which is better for an amateur programmer, Object Pascal or Ada?
>
> Pascal is easier for learning the basics of programming and for setting  
> up small test programs.
> The issue is when, even as a hobbyist, your projects become more  
> ambitious. At some point you need to mix various components, or change  
> platform, or work on several systems.
> Sooner or later you face the fragmentation of the Pascal language, which  
> is not a problem if you stay forever with one Pascal dialect.

I don't agree with the first sentence. A well choose Ada subset is as much  
easy to introduce as Pascal may be. I would say even more, as Pascal's  
behaviour vary too much from compiler to compiler, to not become an issue.  
Introducing a standard presents an advantage here.

What's worth learning something which will become false or subtly  
different, depending on the vendors and platforms? That's not pedagogic.

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