(unknown charset) RE: Oberon/CP as first language

From: (unknown charset) John Stout <"John>
Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2004 20:22:22 -0000

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In reply to tei

I think for a first language simplicity is really needed, so I'd rule out
C++: I might be tempted to go for C# but definitely not C++.

A free Pascal compiler: we looked at these two or so years ago but the
systems then didn't seem to match up to the Turbo Pascal Version 6 that we
already had

Java: try as I might I can't get to like it, although I definitely prefer it
to C++, and I find programming/teaching a language I dislike causes me
problems

Scripting language: yes, this is a possibility but for a simple introduction
I think I'd go for AWK. I quite like what I've seen of Python, don't know
Ruby, dislike PERL intensely.

I think the reason I like the Oberon systems, e.g. WinAos, Oberon System 3,
is the close integration between the system and the compiler. What other
language system lets you write a program in exactly the same way as you'd
write a document, different fonts, emphasis etc, even include diagrams, but
then let you compile it? Only now in the latest systems are we getting the
folds/outlines that have been around in Oberon for nearly 10 years.

John Stout
Tei wrote:

>Other options:
>
>- Java (free)
>- A free PASCAL compiler
>- C++ (GCC)
>- A scripting lang, like Ruby, Python, etc...

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