[geeks] Introductory programming language?

[Vintage Coder]

IIRC Modula was Wirth's tacit if not explicit admission that Pascal was not "enterprise ready". 

Ada is a great language that shares structural elements and a similar appearing syntax with Pascal, but you could say the same thing about Ada with respect to ALGOL or PL/I also. 

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Modula?

Ada?

Isn't Pascal (effectively) a subset/reworking of a previous language? Mr.
Wirth didn't conceive Pascal out of whole cloth, did he?

I'm talking similarity, not source code compatibility...

Why hasn't anyone mentioned Forth yet? Maybe she's an amateur astronomer? ;^)

Lionel

On Aug 31, 2011, at 10:00 PM, Phil Stracchino <alaric at metrocast.net> wrote:

> Perhaps the world needs a new Pascal.
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