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     Re: Re: Pascal Tutor?   
     By: Dan Cross to Charles Stephenson on Sat May 30 2020 06:52 am   
      
    DC> I wouldn't bother starting with Pascal.   
      
    DC> The critical thing when learning how to program is   
    DC> really learning how to think algorithmically; to that   
    DC> end, Pascal is an OK language (and was pretty good   
    DC> when it was introduced) but it's become dated and   
    DC> there's enough minutia that one has to keep track of   
    DC> that, even as simple as it is, it can be difficult   
    DC> to see the forest for the trees.   
      
   'algorithmically thinking'. That was one of the key points of why I wanted to   
   learn Pascal. I figured it would do EXACTLY what you said 'Go' would do. lay   
   down the blueprints for other languages.  I'm saving this post for future   
   ref.  This was VERY VERY helpful.    
      
   Thank you SO much.   
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