From: Stephen Waits <steve@...>
Date: 2006-02-24T02:25:22+09:00
Subject: Re: [OT] Ruby as First Language


On Feb 23, 2006, at 8:33 AM, Robert Klemme wrote:

> Even if you want to start with a strictly procedural language I'd  
> strongly
> favour Pascal over C exactly because those detailed technical  
> aspects are
> *not* present there.

Object and Turbo Pascal took the language nicely into the realm of  
OO.  It's still a great way to learn how to program - and even after  
all of these years, I still can't understand why nearly all major  
Universities (in the US anyway) have abandoned it completely.

--Steve