The 2-level grammar may have been hard to read, but the language wasn't that hard to explain. Well, REF REF was, but the rest was pretty straight-forward. I do

The 2-level grammar may have been hard to read, but the language wasn't that hard to explain. Well, REF REF was, but the rest was pretty straight-forward. I do agree that Pascal is easier to explain. OTOH, C was much harder. CS and EE students seem to have an intuitive grasp of pointers, but others need to be told to be very careful with them and follow strict rules.