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Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2013 07:18:35 +1100
Subject: Re: Experiences/guidance on teaching Python as a first programming language
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On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 5:40 AM, Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> wrote:
> And another thing: How many other languages have their very own
> calling convention?

Pascal does (sometimes called the Win32 convention).

ChrisA