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In South Africa, Pascal and Delphi are still taught in schools... In fact, the University of South Africa actually has about 2 Delphi semester modules also, alo
by PvsNP_ZA 11y ago
In South Africa, Pascal and Delphi are still taught in schools... In fact, the University of South Africa actually has about 2 Delphi semester modules also, along with C++.
Some schools have switched over to Java, and most other universities have jumped onto the Java/.NET bandwagon.
So in a nutshell, I think it's still pretty prevalent in 3rd world countries. It's not a bad starting language to introduce students to programming concepts, although I would prefer Python for a first language.
- pjmlp 11y agoI remember there used to exist a South African magazine about game development in Turbo/Free Pascal and Delphi. It is quite nice that those universities still teach it, as that way at least those students will learn that C and C++ aren't the only way of doing systems programming.
- lordfoom 11y agoPoint of fact: the RSA department of education removed Java as the language being taught, and replaced it with Delphi, despite objections (from some like myself). Here's an article: http://mybroadband.co.za/news/columns/89295-is-delphi-better-than-java-for-high-school.html http://mybroadband.co.za/news/columns/89295-is-delphi-better...
- baq 11y agoi'd say it's a good decision for everybody except perhaps hiring companies, and then i'm not sure about that either in the long run.
- nickpsecurity 11y agoI agree. When learning to program, one should first learn the mental activity oc solving problems with code. Then maybe learn all the boilerplate and BS associated with a language like Java. Pascal is simple enough that students can learn fundamentals first. Same with industrial BASIC. Both are like pseudocode. Many people are turned off to programming encountering Java, C++, etc because they think programming is inherently that difficult.