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by coliveira 1270 days ago
Pascal is great as a teaching language because of its simple syntax. It is also a pre-OO language, so you don't need to spend time explaining what classes and objects are. For an introductory programming course it is a very good language.
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BASIC is a great teaching language.

Pascal is way too verbose and boilerplate-ly compared to that.