Re: Computer Languages [was: Your Favorite SciFi/FantasyMovieSoundtrack?]

2003-02-26 Thread Reggie Bautista
David wrote (that's David H., I think): My impression is that C was designed for people who could not type rapidly. I agree, once you really know the syntax and all the commands, shorter is better. But one has to get to that point somehow! For instance, we could type English more

Re: Computer Languages [was: Your FavoriteSciFi/FantasyMovieSoundtrack?]

2003-02-26 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: Reggie Bautista [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 5:13 PM Subject: Re: Computer Languages [was: Your Favorite SciFi/FantasyMovieSoundtrack?] David wrote (that's David H., I think): My impression is that C

Re: Computer Languages [was: Your Favorite SciFi/Fantasy Movie Soundtrack?]

2003-02-26 Thread Reggie Bautista
The Fool wrote: There are less C keywords than ASM instructions. Simple is always better. c: [short code sample snipped] asm: [longer but equivalent code sample snipped] Just out of curiosity -- once these examples are both compiled, will they take up an equivalent amount of space and/or take

Re: Computer Languages [was: Your Favorite SciFi/Fantasy Movie Soundtrack?]

2003-02-26 Thread The Fool
From: Reggie Bautista [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Fool wrote: There are less C keywords than ASM instructions. Simple is always better. c: [short code sample snipped] asm: [longer but equivalent code sample snipped] Just out of curiosity -- once these examples are both compiled, will

Re: Computer Languages [was: Your Favorite SciFi/Fantasy Movie Soundtrack?]

2003-02-26 Thread Paul Walker
On Wed, Feb 26, 2003 at 05:19:17PM -0600, Reggie Bautista wrote: Just out of curiosity -- once these examples are both compiled, will they take up an equivalent amount of space and/or take an equivalent amount of time to run? These days, generally the version produced by the compiler will be

Re: Computer Languages [was: Your Favorite SciFi/Fantasy Movie Soundtrack?]

2003-02-26 Thread The Fool
From: Reggie Bautista [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Computer Languages [was: Your Favorite SciFi/Fantasy Movie Soundtrack?] Date: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 7:09 PM I wrote: Just out of curiosity -- once these examples are both compiled, will they take up

Re: Computer Languages [was: Your Favorite SciFi/Fantasy Movie Soundtrack?]

2003-02-26 Thread Julia Thompson
Reggie Bautista wrote: I haven't done much coding in... I guess it's been at least ten years. I'm just getting back into it now, and have another question for you or anyone else. Assuming that I am going to learn both C++ and Java, which would you recommend learning first? I have previous

Re: Computer Languages [was: Your Favorite SciFi/Fantasy Movie Soundtrack?]

2003-02-26 Thread Julia Thompson
The Fool wrote: From somewhere: With the proliferation of modern programming languages which seem to have stolen countless features from each other sometimes makes it difficult to select a which language appropriate for your task. This guide is offered as a public service to help

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