The programming environment "Pascal ABC"

"Pascal ABC" is a learning system that allows students and students to familiarize themselves with the same programming language. It was developed in 2002 by Russian scientists. The task of developers was to create a programming environment that would meet the standards of modernity and could easily teach students.

The interpreter is designed for 32-bit systems and contains ways to implement some features. While the original ones were considered unnecessary for training.

The compiler allows you to use simplified types of language constructs, which facilitates the transition from basic programs to modular and object oriented.

The program "Pascal ABC" from version 3.0 became free software.

Features

The program has hints that are provided when writing code, autoformatting, debugger and form designer. The programming environment is designed for tasks of easy and medium complexity and for language learning.

The compiler is able to execute code as fast as C # does, and slightly slower than C ++, "Delphi".

Thanks to the .NET platform, the software supports all the features of Microsoft.NET and its libraries. You can safely use the latter in your programs, relying even on those that are created in another programming language.

"Pascal ABC" also has an online version, which has become widespread. It works without failures, the input-output process occurs over the network; Programs are stored on the server.

Among many programmers there is an opinion that "Pascal" is a dead language, and stopping its use is a matter of time. This statement is based on the fact that schools use an old programming environment with reduced capabilities. This prevents students from appreciating all the functions of the language.

Modules for training

Thanks to Microsoft.NET "Pascal ABC" received a standard library, which has a lot of classes, allowing to solve tasks of varying complexity. That is why the need for the development of their own modules is simply not there, but there is certainly a possibility to do this. As a rule, those that already exist due to programmers are aimed at the best language learning.

In order to teach students, the modules "Robot" and "Draftsman" are used. They have more than 200 examples that are subject to auto-verification. Thanks to the solution of these problems, a person with ease will master the basic constructions of the language "Pascal".

Modules on this list do not end. There is a built-in electronic task book, which is useful for those who study independently or want to repeat the material, consolidate knowledge.

In order to create graphic elements in the Pascal ABC program, vector and raster graphics modules are used.

Differences

The programming environment has a form designer, thanks to which you can create a window application. Unlike other compilers, this one does not have a very large and intricate interface, does not create a lot of additional files. Interacting with one small program, "Pascal ABC" forms only one element on the disc.

The programming environment has a special shell that works with console tasks. Input and output of information is carried out in it, designed in the form of a window. Among the "native" languages used by the program, there are Russian and English, which makes it convenient to use it.

Tasks

Tasks are written using the Pascal programming language. It is easy to learn, so the first program may very well be very easy to use. In the whole world the following lines are considered as debut:

• Begin.
• Writeln ('Hello, Peace!').
• End.

The first and last lines are the operator brackets, in which the very essence of the problem must be. The second - declares the output of the text, being in quotes. Here are such easy examples. "Pascal ABC" has in its zadernik many similar programs, which are simple and interesting to learn.