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- From: negcjfk@ibm.net (Jon Kaminsky)
- Newsgroups: hku.open-forum,hku.cc.forum,hk.comp.pc,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.pascal.misc
- Subject: Re: Is Pascal worth to learn? Can it help me to get a job?
- Date: 28 Jan 1996 06:23:31 GMT
- Message-ID: <4ef4p3$1206@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net>
- References: <4dh361$djk@news.2sprint.net> <4e29n4$9j7@newsbf02.news.aol.com>
- Reply-To: negcjfk@ibm.net (Jon Kaminsky)
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- In <4e29n4$9j7@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, xroot@aol.com (Xroot) writes:
- >You've got to be joking if you think Pascal has anything on C or
- >especially C++. Right now I'm being forced to take courses in Pascal at
- >my college. What a complete waste of money. I know both languages (
- >Pascal and C++, C++ I learned on my own ), and when I'm told by my
- >instructor I have to write a program in Pascal, all I can do is grown!
- >Maybe you're right about _small_ programs compiling more efficiently under
- >Pascal, but when you really need muscle, there's no beating C++. It's
- >just so much easier.
-
- Your absolutely right. When you have to write a new program in an unfamilar
- language- you have grown. Not everything you learn in college is a direct line
- to an entry on your resume. Think of it as additional training in learning how
- to think. After all, that's what higher education is supposed to be about,
- learning how to think and to better develop your brain's potential. Good luck.
-