Pascal primer

From the back cover:

If you are learning programming or have dabled in the popular language BASIC and wish to learn the capabilities of Pascal, this book is definitely written for you.

Pascal is a computer language with features and capabilities found only among the most exotic and expensive languages. The purpose of this book is to teach you how to use Pascal to write powerful programs. The most widely used version of Pascal is the UCSD version, and this is the version that was used as the guide for writing this book.

Written and illustrated with a touch of humor, the informative text describes Pascal program structure, Pascal variables, Pascal procedures, and many other features. There are chapters on decisision-making statements, numeric functions, string functions, arrays and sets, and much more.

The eight appendices present facts about the advantages and disadvantages of Pascal, components of a Pascal system, interfacing assembly language routines, and other useful information.