Teaching subsets of Pascal

  • Authors:
  • J. W. Atwood;E. Regener

  • Affiliations:
  • Concordia University, Montreal, Canada;Concordia University, Montreal, Canada

  • Venue:
  • SIGCSE '81 Proceedings of the twelfth SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
  • Year:
  • 1981

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Abstract

In teaching Pascal in our basic programming course since 1975, we have developed a teaching order using a sequence of language subsets, similar in concept to the SP/k, SF/k, and PS/k systems of Holt and Hume. Our scheme introduces each programming idea in as general a context as possible, and presents the elements of the Pascal-S subset (Wirth) before the rest of the language. It is designed for a concentrated presentation together with elements of discrete mathematics, combinatorics, and concepts of program design, for students with a basic course in Fortran as background.