I'm a retired engineer with a lot of years of Fortran and MatLab experience. I'm just starting to learn Julia myself. I think that, so long as it's scientific/numerical programs that you want to write, Julia is a great choice as a first programming language. I do have, however, 2 caveats: 1. As far as I know, there are no real Beginning Programming books using Julia. 2. Right now Julia is changing often as it's developed; however I suspect the changes won't affect a beginner's programs too much.
Good Luck LarryD On Tuesday, August 4, 2015 at 10:34:40 AM UTC-5, phineas vang wrote: > Hi, > > Just wondering if Julia is a good choice as a first programming language > to learn. I have limited experience in vba for MS Office apps and SQL but > these may not be considered true programming languages. > > Thanks
