Garry,
> So at least I have a clue. And, clearly, others who
> answered also have a clue. Let's begin.
Thanks for the lucid and very explanatory post. As a beginning programmer, I
have found such explanations as valuable as they are rare, and would ask
your permission to pass it along to another beginning programmer, in your
own words, instead of mucking it up by trying to paraphrase it. Of course I
will give you full credit.
Also, if you have any book titles/ authors you think are especially good,
for C (any flavour) Basic (any flavour) Perl, Pascal, or especially
Assembly, or any books that address issues basic to programming in general,
I would be very interested in any such recommendations.
Also (yeah, I know I'm getting a little off topic<g>) I am curious if you
have formed an opinion regarding Java, as a portable language. As a
beginning programmer, I am a little concerned with the fallout from XP, in
that it seems to signal the possible fragmentation of the Windows dominance
of the market. While I have already invested some time and effort in VBasic,
I am beginning to wonder whether that is a solid course for the future,
since I have personally decided to abandon future MS upgrades, due to the
politics inherent in XP's monitoring of hard drive configurations, and also
the near certain future revival of 'Smart Tags'. My present guess is that
MS's actions have really thrown the doors open for people working in OS's
other than Windows, from XP forward, and I don't want to invest a lot of
time and effort learning a non-portable language for an OS that seems to be
headed the way of OS2.
-wittig http://www.robertwittig.com/
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