<snip> I think that it is worth considering skipping the Pascal stage and going straight to C, or equivalent languages. Taking this approach a bit further, I think it is even worth considering going straight to C++, perhaps by talking first about the procedural aspects of C++ and only then, as a second stage, talking about the OOP aspects. <snip>
Let me suggest a different angle toward this issue. You are interested in learning more about programming the Linux system, right? Linux is written in C -- not Pascal, not C++, for the most part. I am not disparaging those languages, and in fact am more interested in using C++ than C. Certainly the C++ advocates feel that you can just learn to program in C++ to start with. But I decided to go ahead with C because I want to understand the Linux system well. ========================== [EMAIL PROTECTED] ==========================
