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From: JZEM%MARIST.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu (William J. Joel)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal
Subject: Re: CS-1
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Date: 5 May 89 02:43:15 GMT
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Per the recent discussion on whether to use pseudo-code or not, I must
agree with it's use, as long as the instructor does not teach a fixed
syntax for it.  The purpose of PC is to give the student a sense of
structure without worrying about the syntax.  I have seen too many
texts, that could have been excellent, succomb to the heavy use of a
rigid pseudo-code.  When you get to the actual language you are using
to demonstrate impelmentations of the topics covered, then syntax
becomes important.  Note that I did not say you were teaching the
language.  In a CS-1 course, the topics are important.  The language is
also important is as much as it conveys the meaning of the topics.