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Overall, I think James gives a very nice explanation of early
structured programming.
I feel like defending Pascal a bit, as I think it deserved its
popularity; and while it was designed primarily for teaching, it was
also designed to be efficient and clear, which is good not just for
students but for real-world programming. With only minor tweaks,
Pascal was a nice implementation language, and used extensively by
Apple in development of the Lisa and early Mac. At $50, Turbo Pascal
allowed legions of home computer hobbyists to graduate from
line-numbered Basic to a "grown up" language. Including a stunningly
capable and fast IDE, complete with debugger! It was nothing short of
a revelation.
Niklaus Wirth's later programming languages were, in effect, merely
his own tweaks to Pascal. Probably the best-known of these is
Modula-2. It used EXIT as the keyword for breaking out of loops.
John
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