Any you guys know of any good Pascal books for beginners? I mean, I the basics of programming, like comilers an'' stuff. I just want to know if there are any good books to learn from. And I want a book that is like the ULTIMATE Pascal book. I thot you guys would know. ------- ~Ned Ryan

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April 13, 2002 06:16 AM

Do you mean Pascal, or Object Pascal??

John B

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April 13, 2002 09:56 AM

Pascal. I want to learn Pascal so then I can move up to Delphi.

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April 13, 2002 11:12 AM

You may know this already, but Delphi uses Object Pascal - not plain Pascal.

Although you can learn plain Pascal first, I don't honestly see the point. There are roughly the same arguments about whether to learn C before C++.

IMHO you should go and buy a book about Delphi, or Object Pascal. But be aware that books written about Delphi usually go into more detail about the IDE and the Borland VCL, than the features, and correct use of Object Pascal.

EDIT :: Sorry for the non-answers, I would recommend a book, except that I haven't done much browsing myself, so I would probably recommend the wrong book. Which might be worse than not recommending anything. Hopefully someone else can step in, and provide an answer though.

John B

[edited by - JohnBSmall on April 13, 2002 12:25:16 PM]

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April 13, 2002 02:03 PM

QUOTE: Sorry for the non-answers
No you''re not.

Anyways, I thought most Delphi books and tutorials require you know a basic knowlege of Pascal. And besides, I said I wanted Pascal. Don''t ask me if want Delphi again.

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April 13, 2002 02:31 PM

I found this free online book by Marco Cantù, called "Marco Cantù''s
Essential Pascal". I haven''t read it, so I can''t say whether it''s any good, but it sounds relevant:

quote: The first few editions of Mastering Delphi, the best selling Delphi book I''ve written, provided an introduction to the Pascal language in Delphi. Due to space constraints and because many Delphi programmers look for more advanced information, in the latest edition this material was completely omitted. To overcome the absence of this information, I''ve started putting together this online book, titled Essential Pascal.

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April 13, 2002 02:49 PM

Thanks!

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April 13, 2002 02:51 PM

I don''t know of any books, but here are some good online tutorials for plain pascal:
Pascal Tutorial -- Main Page
The QP7 Programming Page: Pascal Tutorial

I have read most of the first one and some of the second one, and both look pretty good. I think the second one covers some graphics as well. Both are plain pascal if im not mistaken. Have fun!

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April 13, 2002 04:02 PM

quote: Original post by Ned
QUOTE: Sorry for the non-answers
No you''re not.

Calm down.

I couldn''t know what you had already found out any more than you could know whether I''m sorry or not.

And there are lots of people who have no idea that Delphi uses Object Pascal.

John B

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