Pascal Programming

Pascal is an imperative and procedural programming language, which Niklaus Wirth designed in 1968–69 and published in 1970, as a small, efficient language intended to encourage good programming practices using structured programming and data structuring. It is named in honor of the French mathematician, philosopher and physicist Blaise Pascal.[1]

## Introduction

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Welcome. This page is dedicated to helping introduce aspiring programmers to the Pascal language. The list below provides links to different sections; feel free to help expand the page!

1. Basics
2. Learning Resources
3. Syntax
4. Programs
5. Advanced

## Basics

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Pascal is a relatively straightforward language. It is widely used as a first programming language in computer science classes. It is used extensively for teaching beginning programming in countries outside the USA. It can be self-taught by a highly motivated student. Having a mentor can facilitate formal classes and independent students. This page hopes to fill that function.

## Learning Resources

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* Wikibooks: Pascal Programming

## Turbo Pascal

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Turbo Pascal is a software development system that includes a compiler and an integrated development environment (IDE) for the Pascal programming language running on CP/M, CP/M-86, and MS-DOS.[2]

1. Turbo Pascal Units, aka TPUs

## See Also

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* Wikipedia: Turbo Pascal

## References

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1. ↑ Wikipedia: Pascal (programming language)
2. ↑ Wikipedia: Turbo Pascal