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 Message 487 
 Dan Cross to Charles Stephenson 
 Re: Pascal Tutor? 
 13 Jun 20 02:30:21 
 
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On 10 Jun 2020 at 01:48a, Charles Stephenson pondered and said...
 
 CS> 'algorithmically thinking'. That was one of the key points of why I
 CS> wanted to learn Pascal. I figured it would do EXACTLY what you said 'Go'
 CS> would do. lay down the blueprints for other languages.  I'm saving this
 CS> post for future ref.

Indeed!  I think that purpose is better served by
other languages these days: Racket and Go specifically
are likely to both be more illuminating than Pascal.
Pascal was a fine language for its time, but it should
be allowed to go out to pasture now.

 CS> This was VERY VERY helpful. 
 CS> 
 CS> Thank you SO much.

Sure thing!

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