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From: doug@saturn.cs.swin.oz.au (Doug Grant)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.lang.misc
Subject: C as a first language
Keywords: C, CS1
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Date: 13 Aug 90 02:24:35 GMT
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C is not the ideal 'first' language (or indeed, ideal for the CS1
curriculum, after previous Pascal experience).

However sometimes circumstances force us to make pragmatic, less than
ideal choices.

One of the degrees offered by my department has external constraints
that are causing us to consider using C as the first language. We want
to use C in a way that minimises C idioms, and dilutes the impact of
reference semantics in the first course.

1.	Does anyone out there have experience that may help us?

2.	Is there a good text that, I guess, as far as possible, takes a
'Pascal with C syntax' approach?


Please do not respond by initiating a 'first language' debate yet
again.




Doug Grant