in defense of Pascal

[Marian Petrides]

Oh, yeah, joy and rapture. (NOT)  Three steps before you can even use  
a simple variable--how wonderful.  Alas,  those of us who were brain- 
damaged early in life by BASIC don't have the patience for Pascal (or  
at least I never have!).  Quick and (not so) dirty wins the race!!




On Jun 25, 2009, at 8:29 PM, Sadhunathan Nadesan wrote:

> I love Pascal.  Just like those high school kids, it was the first
> language I was taught.  It enforces excellent habits such as strong  
> typing
> which then carry over into other languages.