I learned Pascal in high school, too. On a 25 MHz 486 with 8 MB of RAM -- woo! I actually quite liked it. I thought Pascal provided the right level of hand-h

I learned Pascal in high school, too. On a 25 MHz 486 with 8 MB of RAM -- woo! I actually quite liked it. I thought Pascal provided the right level of hand-holding necessary for a newbie programmer. I was probably able to pick up C more quickly the next year because of the solid foundation from Pascal.