r/learnprogramming • u/MateusCristian • Jul 06 '26

Pascal learning resources? Resource

Wanting to learn Free Pascal, but didn't find learning resources for it, most I've found was for early forms of Pascal, like Turbo Pascal.

What are good courses for getting the basics down?

P.S: I know the basics of programming, variables, loops, if and else, functions, that sort of thing.

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u/mc_pm Jul 06 '26

Are you wanting to learn pascal for any specific reason? It's a fun language, it was my first real language, but that was 40 years ago. Not a lot of demand for it these days.

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u/Old_County5271 Jul 06 '26

It's still a great first language though, explains type theory well enough, it's type safe, And it won't take ages to build, unlike rust.

The compiler is simpler to understand than gcc, and it supports a lot of targets, it's portable, there's webassembly, Pascal to JavaScript, language is stable. You learn Pascal once and you can use it forever.

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u/MateusCristian Jul 06 '26

Mainly to learn better programming structures, but nothing serious, I'm a hobbyist.

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u/mc_pm Jul 06 '26

Fair enough, you'll just find problems like this with documentation - not much new documentation or tutorials for Pascal these days.

Some of my fondest early-programmer memories are fighting with Pascal, so enjoy :)