in defense of Pascal

[Richmond Mathewson]

Sadhunathan Nadesan wrote:

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>  It enforces excellent habits 
what are those habits?
> such as strong typing
>   
Ha, Ha, I learnt that bashing away on Mum's Olivetti portable
(actually its a smashing typewriter) when I did my B.A.
> which then carry over into other languages. 
I honestly cannot see the connexion . . .

I started all over again . . . major paradigm leap . . . when I
got onto HyperCard.

Your attitude is almost as bad as my urge to make all kids
learn how to use a slide-rule before they see a calculator . . .

face it, we're both a pair of reactionaries!    :)