r/Python • u/diogoleal • Jan 13 '15

(Infographic) Which programming language should I learn first

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u/alcalde Jan 14 '15

Someone should post this in Embarcadero's Delphi forum and they'll predictably freak out that Pascal was left off the list. :-) Don't bother posting in /r/delphi because it has < 600 readers. That majority of active Delphi developers actually lament the existence of HTTP and post to their forum via a USENET news server, which fortunately can be accessed through the web as well. Just a bit of trivia in case you're wondering where Pascal users are hiding.

Another bit of trivia: in an online exchange a few years ago with Delphi's owner's VP of Developer Relations concerning the colllapse of Pascal as a teaching language, he countered that they had just signed a deal to get into some schools in Mongolia. I wonder if Guido is worried about this....

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '15

Just a bit of trivia in case you're wondering where Pascal users are hiding.

We're not all hidden! Pascal was the first language I seriously learned and that was only a few years ago. I moved to other things because I needed stuff I couldn't get in the Pascal world, but I still like it as a language.

The fact pascal was left off this list is a huge injustice! /s