Oh! Pascal!/Book and Mac Disk [Paperback]

Doug Cooper (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 704 pages
• Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc; 3 Pap/Dskt edition (January 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0393963993
• ISBN-13: 978-0393963991
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7.7 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,668,204 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great way to learn Pascal, December 5, 2000

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Miguel Farah Fugate (Santiago, Chile) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Oh! PASCAL (Paperback)

This book is great in what it does: teach you the Pascal programming language.

The authors explain everything clearly and in a friendly language - it's actually FUN to read each chapter. The order in which all the concepts are introduced is just plain perfect.

I think this is the BEST Pascal-learning book ever written.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent teaching text, June 14, 2000

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Charles Farnum - See all my reviews

This review is from: Oh! Pascal! (Third Edition) (CD-ROM)

I have used this course to teach hundreds of students. Most have found it very helpful. As a professor, I found it to be a great tool. The book is intended for people who are going to become computer science majors, but has a sense of humor (unlike many "major-oriented" books). I would guess that reviews with fewer than three stars come from disgruntled students. (Not one of mine, of course :-)).

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A demanding text, but far more thorough than most., April 8, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Oh! Pascal! (Third Edition) (CD-ROM)

I learnt my Pascal programming skills by dutifully working through the chapters in my spare time. I haven't seen a better book for beginners - it is thorough but humorous. Many examples use numbers and mathematics, and a reader must be prepared to think about the material being presented. It does not give masses of code for you to copy and try out, but tries to develop an understanding of the Pascal language.