Oh yeah that's fair enough
see that's a valid reason
Sure, Pascal may not be as industry-mainstream as C++ nor as trendy with the "hip" kids like JS, but it teaches you really good programming habits, and is an entry-level introduction to programming (including low-level systems programming) for newcomers
In secondary school I had to learn Delphi, and we were actually the last ones to have learned Delphi, because the next years the schools switched to Python instead.
Don't get me wrong, Python is pretty effective with how quickly you can get stuff done, and there's a library for pretty much everything
but I oppose the idea of teaching Python as a first language because imo it teaches you some pretty nasty habits
dynamic typing being one of them
in Pascal for example, you can't get away with this
you _must_ give **every** variable a type
there are other grievances I had with how Python is far too lax to newcomers (when, in reality, you should be thrown into "no bullshit" environments right away), but I have trouble remembering them atm
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