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Is Pascal Designed To Be A Teaching Language? |
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Answer» This assertion has often been used to imply that Pascal is a toy language. I can’t state the answer any better than Niklaus Wirth himself did: “Occasionally, it has been claimed that Pascal was designed as a language for teaching. ALTHOUGH this is correct, its USE in teaching was not the only goal. In fact, I do not believe in using tools and FORMALISMS in teaching that are inadequate for any practical TASK.” - Niklaus Wirth, from the 1984 ACM A.M. Turing award LECTURE. This assertion has often been used to imply that Pascal is a toy language. I can’t state the answer any better than Niklaus Wirth himself did: “Occasionally, it has been claimed that Pascal was designed as a language for teaching. Although this is correct, its use in teaching was not the only goal. In fact, I do not believe in using tools and formalisms in teaching that are inadequate for any practical task.” - Niklaus Wirth, from the 1984 ACM A.M. Turing award lecture. |
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