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If you want to learn how to program, Pascal is a very good choice as your first language. But unfortunately Pascal is not so widely spread. Nevertheless, with GNU-Pascal and Free Pascal we have two very good Free Software implementations for Pascal, which are available for many different platforms.
Before you ask: Yes, it would have been possible to write the whole thing in Pascal. But C is more widely spread, and that has its consequences. Every modern system comes with a C compiler and almost every other language can use libraries written in C.