Introduction to Pascal and Structured Design (Instructor's Guide)

By Nell B. Dale, Chip Weems, Nell B. Dale

Book Overview

Introduction to Pascal and Structured Design, provides a concise, accessible introduction to computer science. Using Pascal programming as a tool to shape students' understanding of the discipline,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0669202398
• ISBN13: 9780669202397
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: CENGAGE Learning
• Length: 844 Pages

Customer Reviews

Good training language, which you will need to unlearn.

Some of us old-timers grew up in a world of punch cards. The more fortunate and flexible way to learn about computers is through the BASIC programming language, which is the closest relative to the C language. In a world that demanded structure, where even COBOL programs are written as spaghetti code, we saw the invention of Pascal. Pascal is an excellent training program that emphasizes logic and structure, often at the expense of speed and efficiency. Of course, some structure, when necessary, is important in this world, which led to the creation of C++. However, even C++ allows you to tailor solutions to meet the program's objectives, often without producing bloated code. So, learn Pascal without hesitation. You will find this book enough for all the Pascal you need. They also appear to have omitted the chapter on signal handling