{"id":626,"date":"2010-05-13T08:56:10","date_gmt":"2010-05-12T20:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deltics.co.nz\/blog\/?p=626"},"modified":"2010-05-13T08:56:10","modified_gmt":"2010-05-12T20:56:10","slug":"uk-examination-board-says-teach-delphi-not-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deltics.co.nz\/blog\/posts\/626\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Examination Board says: Teach Delphi, not C#"},"content":{"rendered":"[Estimated Reading Time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minutes]<\/span><\/span>

OK, so perhaps not exactly what they said but they have said that C# (as well as C and PHP) are not to be taught as part of A-Level Computer Science any more, and they have recommended using Pascal\/Delphi (from a list of other languages including Java, Python and VisualBASIC).<\/p>\n

Full details available here, courtesy of The Register<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[Estimated Reading Time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minutes]<\/span><\/span> OK, so perhaps not exactly what they said but they have said that C# (as well as C and PHP) are not to be taught as part of A-Level Computer Science any more, and they have recommended using Pascal\/Delphi (from a list of other languages including Java, Python and VisualBASIC). 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