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If it's still the case then the Vietnamese curriculum (in middle and high school) still teaches Pascal using Turbo Pascal. They (the Ministry of Education) probably doesn't feel like modernizing it though because it's not widely taught, and from my own experience most students (and teachers!) neglect it anyway.

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Actually I think TP is quite good for that. Compilation time is (really) fast, and it is close enough to the metal to learn about the foundational structure of the computer and programming languages; the language is well defined. Syntax is (sort of) shared by ada if one later needs production grade.

Of course, the counter argument is, that it is kind of boring (except for some kids). Alternative is a language, where you easily can get things done. So maybe Python, but thats about it. I am still sad, that LOGO is not used anymore (there is much more to logo than turtle graphics).

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