admiral_ju00 Posted May 31, 2004 Share Posted May 31, 2004 i've been out of touch in programming for a little while now, but, my question is: do people still program in Pascal? there has been a thread or 2 recently implying that in HS they still teach Basic as a programming language to start with, but how about more complex languages such as Pascal? since Pascal is stuctured more like C or Perl, then if learning Basic just to get the basic idea, then moving on to Pascale and then a transition to C or C++ will be much easier then in going from the Basic(very archaic imo language) to C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fafalone Posted May 31, 2004 Share Posted May 31, 2004 Pascal is essentially obsolete.In HS (and common college courses), they either teach BASIC or Java to start off. Start off with BASIC, then move on to C++... be sure to learn the basics of APIs in BASIC before starting C++ tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
admiral_ju00 Posted May 31, 2004 Author Share Posted May 31, 2004 that's a shame. i used to like programming in pascal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fudyomo Posted May 31, 2004 Share Posted May 31, 2004 I went to bilborough college and followed computer science through 2 years - the first programming language they taught me from lesson one of the first year was pascal, the exam was partly on it too .... it made things A LOT easier in the second year....glad we didn't learn java etc actually because pascal made C / C++ a considerable amount easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted May 31, 2004 Share Posted May 31, 2004 Pascal is an ideal teaching language; I was tought some of it at A-level. It has quite a simple syntax which is ideal for beginners. Can't think of anyone who'd want to use it commercially though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cohen Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 Delphi is object-oriented Pascal which is pretty widely used. You might want to give that a look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossoi Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 Yep - I spent a short while looking at Pascal and then moved onto Delphi at university. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 Not so used in day-to-day programming though tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomicMX Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 I did never liked pascal... :S cause is to structured and too easy at the same time.... that why i better liked C, everything mixed =). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomicMX Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 But yes, there are many people still using pascal (only for learning as far as i know) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwik Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 I learned C++ in my programming class in HS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J'Dona Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 My brother is just finishing his first year in a game sprogramming degree, and while he's spent the past few years before programing in C++ in his own time, they still started him off on Pascal in the first year. He ended up going through about ten of his friends's papers over MSN when he was back at our house for a bit as people desperately brought their Pascal related problems to him, even though he hates the language. In his words, Pascal "was probably found on some stone tablets somewhere". So yes, I guess they still teach Pascal, but only as a starter; they move onto C++ afterward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
admiral_ju00 Posted June 11, 2004 Author Share Posted June 11, 2004 game programming, eh? i respect that. lots and lots of maths involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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