I wasn't suggesting learning C, so you could learn to solve problems. You can do that just fine with CF. It's those nuts and bolts issues that make you pull your hair out that teach you more about programming then you ever want to know.
Matt Liotta President & CEO Montara Software, Inc. http://www.montarasoftware.com/ 888-408-0900 x901 > -----Original Message----- > From: Sean A Corfield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 6:27 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: learning C? (was by exmaple (was RE: > http://examples.macromedia.com/coldfusion/examples/ down??) > > On Friday, September 6, 2002, at 11:45 , Matt Liotta wrote: > > IMHO, the number one thing you can do > > to be a better programmer is to learn C (I mean C, not C++). > > I have to assume you're serious and I'm a bit surprised. Of all the many > languages out there, why C? I think it's a terrible language to learn from > (as is C++ - and bear in mind that I wrote one of the first ANSI-validated > C compilers and was involved with the design of C++). There's too many > 'nuts and bolts' issues in C that just get in the way of solving problems > and, more to the point, for newbies there are way too traps and pitfalls > (there are whole books on the subject of such traps and pitfalls!). > > "If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really alive." > -- Margaret Atwood > > ______________________________________________________________________ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
