Re:Talking with the Inventor of C++
by trealira on Sunday December 03, 2023 @11:26PM
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That makes sense. I've heard that sentiment about "teaching languages".
I wonder how Pascal ever became so popular given that it was regarded as a teaching language. It was clearly a contender in industry for a while; for example, Apple originally used Pascal for the Macintosh, and Turbo Pascal was extremely popular.
Nowadays, we don't even have "teaching languages". Students are taught something like Python, JavaScript, or Java.
I wonder how Pascal ever became so popular given that it was regarded as a teaching language. It was clearly a contender in industry for a while; for example, Apple originally used Pascal for the Macintosh, and Turbo Pascal was extremely popular.
Nowadays, we don't even have "teaching languages". Students are taught something like Python, JavaScript, or Java.