Absolutely!

And I think that one of Mr Wirth's aims was to have a language that forced you to do that.

'C', on the other hand, takes exactly the opposite view - it assumes that the programmer knows best, and puts as few restraints (or "obstacles", as some see it) in his way as possible.

The trouble is, as so often seen in forum posts, too many people are not prepared to think at all (let alone think hard) about what they are trying to do - and 'C' lets them dig themselves into very deep holes very quickly!

I'm probably fortunate in that I learned Pascal before 'C' - so I had the good habits before being let loose with the sharp knives!