Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!shadooby!samsung!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!CIS.OHIO-STATE.EDU!doug From: doug@CIS.OHIO-STATE.EDU (Doug Kerr) Newsgroups: comp.lang.modula2 Subject: Re: Modula2 <-- Pacsal Message-ID: <8911282248.AA01753@bear.cis.ohio-state.edu> Date: 28 Nov 89 22:48:05 GMT References: Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: Modula2 List Organization: Ohio State University Computer and Information Science Lines: 27 In article you write: >We are considering replacing Pascal with Modula2 as the language of >instruction in our introductory Computer Science courses and were >wondering (1) How many other schools have made this change? (2) How >has it worked out? Any response would be appreciated. We are in the midst of switching now. We've converted our first course and half of our second course. (We run two versions of the second course, one for students with experience in our chosen language, the other for students without such experience. We switched the latter to Modula-2 this quarter also. The "regular" version will switch next quarter.) We are using Metcom's Modula-2 on Macs for these two courses. We will use Sun's Modula-2 on the more advanced courses. From what I hear Modula-2 is working very well for the second course where we emphasize abstract data types. I don't think there is much difference in the first course. (We're on 10 week quarters so we don't get to material where Modula-2 is particularly useful until the 2nd quarter.) We will have our first experience next quarter with the Suns. -- Douglas S. Kerr, Department of Computer and Information Science The Ohio State University; 2036 Neil Ave. Columbus OH USA 43210-1277 doug@cis.ohio-state.edu 614/292-1519 ...!{pyramid,killer}!osu-cis!cis.ohio-state.edu!doug