![]() ![]() We find already that when a computer enters a classroom it is not long before the pupils are explaining the finer points of its use to their teacher - for children seem to have greater programming aptitude than adults. But times are changing: mass computer literacy is on its way. Just as in the ancient world, when illiteracy was rife, the scribes formed a priestly caste with special status, so the programmers of yesteryear were regarded with reverence. In the early days of computing a priesthood arose whose function was to minister to those awesome, and awesomely expensive, machines. The first is that computing is no longer a specialist subject. Its approach is based on two principles that are not always widely recognized. It is aimed at two audiences: on the one hand the computer professional who has a good knowledge of Cobol or Fortran but needs convincing that Pascal is worth learning, and on the other hand the amateur computer enthusiast who may have a smattering of Basic or may be an absolute beginner. It starts at an elementary level and works up to a point where problems of realistic complexity can be tackled. This is both a first and a second level course in Pascal. ![]()
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