What is Pascal?
Developed in 1970, by Niklaus Wirth, Pascal is a computer programming language. Pascal is an imperative language that is considered a viable option for structured programming. The language’s original purpose was to help in teaching structured programming concepts to college students. In fact, teachers have employed it as an introductory programming language for many years. Though it was created decades ago, versions of the language are still in use today, in educational and software development sectors. Pascal was given its name to honor Blaise Pascal. Pascal, a French born mathematician and physicist, helped to pioneer computer development. He is credited with designing the first arithmetical machine in 1641, often considered the first ancestor of modern computers. He was also a religious philosopher. In developing Pascal, Niklaus Wirth based the language on ALGOL. ALGOL is a computer programming language that was developed in 1960. Mr. Wirth designed Pascal with two primary goals in
