![]() Here is a small Hello World programme written in Pascal: Program HelloWorld(output) Ī big thank you to all those who made Turbo-Pascal 1.0 possible. My business partner, Preben Madsen, thought it was a better idea to write a Pascal compiler because Pascal is the new thing. I wrote about my affection for Turbo-Pascal and GW-BASIC. A few additional facts about the pre Turbo Pascal days I originally wanted to implement an Algol compiler because that was the language I used on my high school’s mini-computer (an HP 2100). I wrote a blog entry in 2007 to explain how I became a programmer. I believe that many students (and I am not alone) have difficulties learning programming today because of our focus on C-like languages like C++ and Java which are excellent tools for professionals but oh so lousy for teaching the Art of Programming. I believe Turbo Pascal 1.0 was an important milestone because it allowed countless people of my age to learn structured programming using a programming language created by someone who was an expert in creating programming languages but also teaching and pedagogy, Niklaus Wirth. ![]()
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