I had a similar experience: Pascal in high school, then switched to C by the time university rolled around (mostly because of it being a Unix environment). The

I had a similar experience: Pascal in high school, then switched to C by the time university rolled around (mostly because of it being a Unix environment). The big difference is that I did see Pascal as a serious language. I almost laughed at a friend who decided to implement C in a compiler course. Having a preference for programming in a language is one thing. Trying to implement it is quite another. He should have realized that. We both had two page grammar that defined Pascal from our high school days.