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"Computing A-Level - "Is it useful in the real world?""

Im doing computing for an A-Level at College and am realy enjoying it.

The one thing im worried about is, "Is this A-Level useful?"

We are programming in a language called PASCAL and weve started doing basic functions such as adding up numbers and asking for information from the user.

I appreciate the fact that this is just newbie stuff! But is the language "pascal" used often in the real world?

Also, Im not sure if anyone will know this, but what do they use to make computer games (eg Championship Manager) because I would really like to go into the computer game industry when im older.

Thanks

OrÜega wrote:
> you say computing A-level aint useful in the real world? you should see some of
> the pointless crap we do In A level Maths...


You forget... I am doing TRIPLE MATHS... 3 a levels in maths! 18 modules!

Useless... oh yes!

Still, basic programming skills and knowledge of how the computer actually uses this information often comes through experience. You either learn it a Uni (along with a million other new concepts) or just learn to type new words in place of the old ones (a little bit of an exaduration).

It's like the difference between badminton and Tennis.

They're completely different games and both can be learned from scratch, but skills you learn in one will be carried over to the other.

triple maths?! i can just about hack the standard stuff...but triple...

18 modules?! i'm only doing 18 for all my A levels!

Strafex wrote:

It's like the
> difference between badminton and Tennis.


Good analogy! Must remember that one!

OrÜega wrote:
> triple maths?! i can just about hack the standard stuff...but triple...

18
> modules?! i'm only doing 18 for all my A levels!


Yer.... Triple maths, and computing... and general studies! 5 A levels! WOW! But, I'm good at maths...

I can (literally) learn a whole module in just 2 days... which is why i never do any homework, ans sometimes miss lessons... and then get 100% in the exams to the annoyancle of my teachers!

some people are just naturally clever i suppose...i tired doing what u do last year(bunking lessons to do more exciting stuff) but i ended up failing :(

This time round, i went to 100% of my lessons but still only came out with a D in maths.

I was doing computing, electronice and maths. I gave it up because it had nothing to do with the real world. Pascal is an old language with is of no use. The web languages or C++ ar the only useful thing ou need to learn. Have you started doing binary yet? it is the most pointless thing you will every learn.

Bob wrote:
> I was doing computing, electronice and maths. I gave it up because it had
> nothing to do with the real world. Pascal is an old language with is of no use.
> The web languages or C++ ar the only useful thing ou need to learn. Have you
> started doing binary yet? it is the most pointless thing you will every learn.



Complex numbers! What utter nonsense! Any real life application for having imaginary numbers? no!