Re: Am I wasting my time learning Pascal?

From: Matt Gregory (email_at_invalid.net)
Date: 03/27/05 

Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 12:27:31 GMT

Sm704 wrote:
> I recently became interested in learning how to program, and I have
> chosen Turbo Pascal as the language to start with. The only kind of
> "programming" experience I have is writing complex scripts utilizing
> the mIRC Scripting language. I also mess around with HTML, but I'm not
> a pro by any means.
>
> I've been reading and experimenting with Turbo Pascal for about 2 weeks
> now. So far, I seem to fully understand the basic structure and syntax.
> However, I am having some difficulty completely understanding the
> concept of Pointers. I imagine I will grasp pointers soon enough,
> though. I mean, it has only been two weeks...
>
> I was wondering if I made a bad choice by choosing Turbo Pascal as my
> first programming language. I've read many articles and usenet posts
> about how Pascal is usally the first programming language taught to
> students and beginner programmers, but these are old articles I'm
> reading. Do those statements still apply in today's programming world?
> Turbo Pascal seems a little outdated, and information about it is
> getting more difficult to find on the internet.
>
> Should I have chosen to learn standard C instead of Turbo Pascal? I
> just hope all these days of staying up untill 6:00 AM reading about
> Pascal pays off...

Here, read this: http://www.softpanorama.org/Lang/pascal.shtml
It was written by Dr. Nikolai Bezroukov, who is a really brilliant
computer science educator.

Matt Gregory

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