Everything about Pascal (programming language)

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

1. Read the overview: Pascal (programming language)A 5-minute orientation
2. Skim a recent paper: PASCAL PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE: SYSTEMATIC TEACHING METHODOLOGY AND APPLICATION IN MODERN INFORMATION SYSTEMSInfluential work since 2022
3. Pick up a classic book: Introducing ComputersThe most-reprinted book on the subject
4. Read the landmark paper: The programming language pascalCited 504 times
5. Go sideways: Object PascalA closely related topic
6. Go sideways: Comparison of Pascal and DelphiA closely related topic

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

• The programming language pascal

  N. Wirth · 1971 · Acta Informatica · 504 citations

• The programming language Concurrent Pascal

  Per Brinch Hansen · 1975 · IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering · 400 citations

• An axiomatic definition of the programming language PASCAL

  C. A. R. Hoare, N. Wirth · 1973 · Acta Informatica · 295 citations

• Critical comments on the programming language Pascal

  A. N. Habermann · 1973 · Acta Informatica · 64 citations

• An assessment of the programming language pascal

  Niklaus Wirth · 1975 · IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering · 28 citations

• More comments on the programming language Pascal

  O. Lecarme, P. Desjardins · 1975 · Acta Informatica · 18 citations

• An assessment of the programming language PASCAL

  Niklaus Wirth · 1975 · ACM SIGPLAN Notices · 18 citations

• Reply to a paper by A. N. Habermann on the programming language Pascal

  Olivier Lecarme, Pierre Desjardins · 1974 · ACM SIGPLAN Notices · 12 citations

🆕 Influential since 2022

• PASCAL PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE: SYSTEMATIC TEACHING METHODOLOGY AND APPLICATION IN MODERN INFORMATION SYSTEMS

  Vugar Ibrahim Salmanov, Rahima Yusif Hajiyeva · 2026 · Elmi Əsərlər · 0 citations

📚 Books worth reading

• Introducing ComputersRobert H. Blissmer · 1988
• C++Herbert Schildt · 1987
• PascalDouglas W. Nance, Nance · 1986
• Raspberry Pi User GuideEben Upton · 2012
• Turbo PascalElliot B. Koffman · 1986
• Think PythonAllen B. Downey, Allen Downey · 2009
• Head First PythonPaul Barry · 2010
• PascalElliot B. Koffman · 1982

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🔗 Related topics

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