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- From: jbm@hal.trl.OZ.AU (Jacques Guy)
- Subject: Re: Pascal vs C
- Message-ID: <1992Sep15.214423.25663@trl.oz.au>
- Sender: root@trl.oz.au (System PRIVILEGED Account)
- Organization: Telecom Research Labs, Melbourne, Australia
- References: <HBF5qB1w164w@oneb.almanac.bc.ca>
- Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 21:44:23 GMT
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- Well, if you do not mind Windows hogging your hard disk,
- what about Visual Basic? It is the best possible introduction
- to object-oriented programming and multitasking. Forces
- you into the right habits and frame of mind for OOP.
- That's from someone who started with Algol, went on
- to Simula 67, then C, then Pascal and stuck with it
- for years. A jab at Smalltalk, too. Once you've
- mastered Visual Basic you'll be well-equipped for
- C++ or Ada. Even the syntax is not so alien, more
- like an Algol-type language than the sort of Basic
- we all have in mind when we hear the name.
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