Tim,
You seem to be highly opinionated, and yet highly unsure of yourself. I find that rather curious coming from someone who has not yet taken Programming 101.
Why don't you save yourself some trouble, and TAKE those beginner courses FIRST. Explore. This is what college is all about.
Your questions are just like saying: hey I had a girlfriend, it was easy. I heard being married and raising kids is hard. I am concerned. Will I be able to handle it?
Yoda: "Find out, you will"
:-)
Greg
-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Nicholson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 8:01 PM
To: JDJList
Subject: [jdjlist] RE: what is it like to be a programmer "in the real
wor ld" ?
Pascal or Basic are not languages that are popular in industry. I doubt they
are used at all.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark E. Zawadzki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "JDJList" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 3:45 AM
Subject: [jdjlist] RE: what is it like to be a programmer "in the real wor
ld" ?
> You can get free, legal copies of old Borland products (Turbo Pascal,
Turbo C) from the Borland
> Museum
> http://community.borland.com/museum/
>
> Try pascal. There are a lot of first programming books in Pascal that you
will find in used book
> stores (*cheeeap*) and public libraries. IMHO, its better than Basic, as
Basic can lure you into
> all kinds of bad habits.
>
>
>
> --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > No it's not a joke Tim... It's a very common first program for beginers
> > that could apply to any language... Maybe you should start with BASIC.
If
> > you have an old copy of Microsoft's DOS start Qbasic from the command
line
> > and start hacking away. Failing that get an old copy of Visual Basic if
you
> > can such as Ver 3.0 or 4.0... That's the way I started out... With
QBasic,
> > then VB, then C, then C++ and so on to where I am today with Java.
> >
> > Java is fairly easy but you need a sound basis in object oriented
> > programming and the syntax is kind of cryptic... BASIC is more
procedural
> > in nature and the syntax is easier for beginners... That's why it's
called
> > Beginners All Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code.
> >
> > Greg.
> >
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