Steve Lamb wrote:
I don't know, I think if there were a language to start newbies out on,
it is perl. Don't have to worry about many of the things that other
languages force upon you yet gives you a good gounding in how those other
languages work.
Heaven, no!
I think its quite a
Andreas Sliwka wrote:
Steve Lamb wrote:
I don't know, I think if there were a language to start newbies out on,
it is perl. Don't have to worry about many of the things that other
languages force upon you yet gives you a good gounding in how those other
languages work.
Heaven,
a) It's closer to the natural language than C and, of course, C++, and
all
of us think in our own natural language (english, spanish, french,
german,
etc...) and this is the first language we use when we develope a program.
This can also be a disadvantage, because programming _is_ much unlike
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On Wed, 20 Jan 1999 10:01:35 +0100, Antonio A. Rivas Ojanguren wrote:
You can start with any language. For a complete beginner, I would advocate
Scheme. Even if you don't want to do big projects in Scheme, you can start
very fast. A good book on
Yes, natural language is quite far from the code of a programm but the first
algorithms that one must develope for a programm are much like cooking
recipes in natural language. Is there someone out there thinking in C or
Pascal?
fprintf(HANDS,Me %s,SMILEY);
Matthew
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Elen sila lumenn'
On Wed, 20 Jan 1999, Steve Lamb wrote:
On Wed, 20 Jan 1999 10:01:35 +0100, Antonio A. Rivas Ojanguren wrote:
You can start with any language. For a complete beginner, I would advocate
Scheme. Even if you don't want to do big projects in Scheme, you can start
very fast. A good book on
Quoting Bruce Sass ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
How does Python rate as a beginners language?
Excellent. The manuals are excellent, free and, for once, you
can probably get away without the O'Reilly book. I find it much
easier to code cleanly than Perl (which I came from because Perl
was the only way
How does Python rate as a beginners language?
From the little I've looked at it, I'd say it's a good starting place.
The syntax is clean, the organization logical, and the new learner can
begin using OOP in his or her programming career.
One could argue that *any* programming language could
On Thu, 21 Jan 1999, Harrison, Shawn wrote:
How does Python rate as a beginners language?
From the little I've looked at it, I'd say it's a good starting place.
The syntax is clean, the organization logical, and the new learner can
begin using OOP in his or her programming career.
On Thu, 21 Jan 1999, Bruce Sass wrote:
On Wed, 20 Jan 1999, Steve Lamb wrote:
On Wed, 20 Jan 1999 10:01:35 +0100, Antonio A. Rivas Ojanguren wrote:
You can start with any language. For a complete beginner, I would advocate
Scheme. Even if you don't want to do big projects in Scheme,
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I think that it is worth considering skipping the Pascal stage and
going straight to C, or equivalent languages. Taking this approach a bit
further, I think it is even worth considering going straight to C++,
perhaps
by talking first about the procedural aspects of C++ and only then, as a
On Sun, Jan 17, 1999 at 05:05:48AM +0100, Antonio A. Rivas Ojanguren wrote:
snip
I think that it is worth considering skipping the Pascal stage and
going straight to C, or equivalent languages. Taking this approach a bit
further, I think it is even worth considering going straight to C++,
snip
I think that it is worth considering skipping the Pascal stage and
going straight to C, or equivalent languages. Taking this approach a bit
further, I think it is even worth considering going straight to C++,
perhaps
by talking first about the procedural aspects of C++ and only then, as a
But I think Pascal is somewhat easier language to start with.
I am aware to the fact that this is the common attitude. But I wonder if this
is still valid these days. I mean, today using the computer and even
programming is much more embedded in every days routines, especially when
young
Hello,
What computer languages do I need to learn?
As others have said, that depends on what you want to do...
If you are looking at particular files you want to understand, use the
`file' command to check what they are; or, if the first line starts with #!
it tells you directly (eg a file
I did a few searches in user's archives and came up with the book
Beginning Linux Programming.' I read a review and it said it was for
people who already have programming experience. I have none. I look
at files and understand very little. I would like to be able to
understand the
On Mon, Jan 11, 1999 at 06:02:58PM +0100, Henning Makholm wrote:
ktb [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I did a few searches in user's archives and came up with the book
Beginning Linux Programming.' I read a review and it said it was for
people who already have programming experience. I have
I did a few searches in user's archives and came up with the book
Beginning Linux Programming.' I read a review and it said it was for
people who already have programming experience. I have none. I look
at files and understand very little. I would like to be able to
understand the phrases in
ktb [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I did a few searches in user's archives and came up with the book
Beginning Linux Programming.' I read a review and it said it was for
people who already have programming experience. I have none.
Given that you use Linux you definitely want to program in C.
I did a few searches in user's archives and came up with the book
Beginning Linux Programming.' I read a review and it said it was for
people who already have programming experience. I have none. I look
at files and understand very little. I would like to be able to
understand the
Hi, Kent!
read? What computer languages do I need to learn? In general if
someone could point the direction.
You've heard quite a few recommendations about C. And I agree with that. But
I think Pascal is somewhat easier language to start with. It's based on my
teaching experience of
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