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When the new programming language Pascal was developed in the 1970's, Walter Gander did not like it because because many features which he appreciated in prior programming languages were missing in Pascal. For example the block structure was gone, there were no dynamical arrays, no functions or procedures were allowed as parameters of a procedure, no external code procedures, no automatic conversions from integers to reals, no goto-statements, etc. This made the translation of programs difficult. However as Pascal was further developed, he found Pascal easier to manage. In this paper, he shows the impact of Pascal on numerical software. Using recursion, a new and elegant algorithm for quadrature could be developed

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1007399
ERIC Subject
Computer Software;
Programming Languages;
Algorithms;
Automation;
Computer Science Education;
Programming;
Mathematical Concepts;
Teaching Methods;
Change;
Numbers
Title
Pascal and Recursion
Author
Gander, Walter
Publication title
Informatics in Education
Volume
23
Issue
4
Pages
783-790
Publication date
2024
Printer/Publisher
Vilnius University Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Lithuanian Academy of Sciences
Akademjos str. 4, Vilnius LT 08663 Lithuania
https://infedu.vu.lt/journal/INFEDU
Tel.: +37-5-21-09300, Fax: +37-5-27-29209
Publisher e-mail
[email protected]
ISSN
1648-5831
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Peer reviewed
Yes
Summary language
English
Language of publication
English
Document type
Report, Article
Subfile
ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
Accession number
EJ1455526
ProQuest document ID
3174443615
Document URL
https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/pascal-recursion/docview/3174443615/se-2?accountid=208611
Last updated
2025-03-06
Database
Education Research Index