Benefits for Teachers
Modest System Requirements
Irie Pascal runs very well on older computers and other computers with modest
capabilities. If you are lucky enough to have cutting-edge computers for all your students
that's great, but if not Irie Pascal helps you make the most of the computers you do have.
Support
Irie Pascal is a supported product, if you have a question send it in and you will
receive a prompt response. Irie Pascal has been around since March 1998 and is being
actively developed.
As a teacher you will also be interested in the benefits Irie Pascal brings to your
students.
Benefits for Students
Low-cost
Individual licenses for Irie Pascal start at just US$79.99. If your school purchases an
Irie Pascal license your students may even be able to use it for free. NOTE: Licensing
fees can be paid in any of the following currencies (US$, CA$, UK£, Euros).
Portability
Irie Pascal runs on multiple platforms (Windows, Linux, FreeBSD,
Solaris/x86, and Solaris/Sparc) increasing the number of available computers your students
can work on. This can be especially useful when time on your classroom/lab computers is
limited and you want to continue to work elsewhere.
Excellent Diagnostics
The Irie Pascal compiler produces meaningful error and warning messages that help
your students quickly identify and correct problems in their programs.
Run-time Checking
Irie Pascal checks programs, for common errors, while they are running. When Irie
Pascal detects an error in a program, the program is halted, and a run-time error message
is displayed. Run-time error messages describe the error that occurred as well as the
exact line in the program that produced the error. This really helps your students find
and fix logic errors. For example Irie Pascal checks for things like accessing unitialized
variables and dereferencing nil pointers, which are common errors in student programs.
Standards Compliance
Irie Pascal features strong support for Standard (ISO/IEC 7185) Pascal. By sticking
closely to Standard Pascal your students learn how to write programs that will work with
any Pascal compiler. |
