Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: $Revision: 1.6.2.13 $; site iuvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!inuxc!iuvax!cjl From: cjl@iuvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.lang.mod2 Subject: Re: Pascal vs. Modula-2 Message-ID: <8600014@iuvax.UUCP> Date: Sun, 5-Aug-84 17:02:00 EDT Article-I.D.: iuvax.8600014 Posted: Sun Aug 5 17:02:00 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 6-Aug-84 04:26:54 EDT References: <8600013@iuvax.UUCP> Lines: 34 Nf-ID: #R:iuvax:8600013:iuvax:8600014:000:1201 Nf-From: iuvax!cjl Aug 5 16:02:00 1984 I must apologize for my mistake about the quoting of the following message : > Despite Pascal's short commings as a general purpose programming > language, I still believe that it is one of the best languages to > teach beginning programmers. Pascal is easier to learn than Modula, > and once it is learned the step to Modula will be easy. It was Ian Kaplan who said that, not Dave Seaman. === I understand that many high school students were corrupted by BASIC. However there is a good chance the situation may change in the near future. ETS (Educational Testing Service) recently just inaugurated an Advanced Placement Program in Computer Science for high school students to obtain first year college credits in Computer Science. Pascal, not Basic, was chosen as the standard language. Although many high school teachers are against this decision, Pascal definitely will change the high school curriculum in a few years. So we probably will have a Pascal generation from high schools pretty soon. As the high school teachers are catching up, I think the college education must be updated as well. C.J.Lo Dept. of CSCI, IUPUI ARPA : cjl@Indiana@CSNet-Relay UUCP : ...!iuvax!cjl ===