Yeah, I read through the entire article without figuring out if it answers the question in the title. Too much ambiguity and hand waving without providing any actual examples or real arguments.
> like variables, loops, and control structures—Pascal presents these concepts in a way that feels grounded and accessible
How is any of that not "accessible" in popular languages that are beginner friendly like in Python and JavaScript? "Feels", are we actually talking about technical stuff that can be substantiated with examples or just sentiments?
> But learning debugging from a language like Pascal can be eye-opening because it forces you to think about what’s really happening in your code. Profiling, too, is something Pascal can handle well, even though resources for it are scarce.
What? Debugging and profiling in procedural languages are becoming more and more standardized with IDEs like VSCode which provide a universal/common interface regardless of which language you use, and they are getting pretty good. How does debugging/profiling Pascal force me to think about my code? I have been programming for 20 years and seen lots of languages and IDEs, and I am really curious to know what I am missing. This article does not say ANYTHING specific, just these handwavy words like "eye-opening".
> like variables, loops, and control structures—Pascal presents these concepts in a way that feels grounded and accessible
How is any of that not "accessible" in popular languages that are beginner friendly like in Python and JavaScript? "Feels", are we actually talking about technical stuff that can be substantiated with examples or just sentiments?
> But learning debugging from a language like Pascal can be eye-opening because it forces you to think about what’s really happening in your code. Profiling, too, is something Pascal can handle well, even though resources for it are scarce.
What? Debugging and profiling in procedural languages are becoming more and more standardized with IDEs like VSCode which provide a universal/common interface regardless of which language you use, and they are getting pretty good. How does debugging/profiling Pascal force me to think about my code? I have been programming for 20 years and seen lots of languages and IDEs, and I am really curious to know what I am missing. This article does not say ANYTHING specific, just these handwavy words like "eye-opening".