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From: mproicou@blackbird.afit.af.mil (Michael C. Proicou)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc
Subject: Re: models (was Which language to teach first?)
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Date: 7 Aug 89 03:55:54 GMT
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Reply-To: mproicou@blackbird.afit.af.mil (Michael C. Proicou)
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In article <5160021@hpfcdc.HP.COM> marc@hpfcdc.HP.COM (Marc[e] Sabatella) writes:
>I could probably make a good argument for a language like Ada as a beginning
>language - if you stick to basics it is as easy as Pascal (easier, really -
>I think in/out is more intutive than "var"), and when it is time to learn
>more advanced concepts (say, in a second or third course) you don't have to
>switch languages.

I mostly agree, EXCEPT you have to do generics to any kind of output of
numbers and things!  For that reason, I'd recommend Pascal, with a switch
to Ada if that's your end goal.  Since Ada is close to Pascal, very little
would be lost in switching languages.

Mike
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