> On 7 Mar 2024, at 4:56 PM, Achilleas Mantzios - cloud > <a.mantz...@cloud.gatewaynet.com> wrote: > > Hello > > I notice both my kids struggling with either C or Python as first programming > languages. I believe both are unsuitable for use as introductory languages to > college juniors.
https://scratch.mit.edu/ would be more suitable, maybe ? > > Python IMHO is too advanced, too rich, weird indentation rules, no simple for > loop etc. > > C, ok, punishing little kids with segmentation faults, calling by value VS by > reference and 3ple pointers is pure sadism. > > So this brings me to memory good old PASCAL from the time I was junior, circa > 1986. PL/SQL resembles PASCAL heavily. Everything seems well defined, strong > typing, simplicity, I think it has everything a programming language should > have in order to be taught as an introductory language. But it lacks IO and > file handling. > > So, I ask, have there been any efforts to bring PL/PGSQL to the terminal? Imho the best you can do is bash + psql + pl/pgsql , via heredocs . pql <<EOF <pgsql code. EOF It does require lot’s of care with variables though https://www.depesz.com/2023/05/28/variables-in-psql-how-to-use-them/ But one can get fairly creative. > > Thanks! > > >
