> What language one first learns is often determined by what is used in > the "Introduction to Programming" courses and of course when you took > the course. I know a few colleges used VB for their introductory > course in the States.
If I was looking for a university for studying computer science, this would already disqualify them. >;-> > I know of Canadian university that use Python. What type of > programming you do determines the language you tend use and find in > your work place. Python is for free and runs essentially on anything that deserves the designation "operating system". Heck, it even runs on that "market-leading" non-operating system from that corporation based in Seattle. So you can "find" it anywhere you work. > Whether one learned VB depends on ones situation and needs. I have > done some VBA programming because where I worked need some automation > of spreadsheet calculations for Excel spreadsheets. On Windows, Python can be used to script anything that has a COM interface. I've already used it for scripting Excel, among others. > My intro to programming was originally in Fortran IV (aka Fortrash) > and later Pascal. I started with Pascal, then went on to Fortran. I deliberately forgot all the C that I had to learn to pass an exam. Python is the only programming/scripting language that I learned of my own choice. Simply because it's the only language that I know of that does what I need: Cross-platform, ad-hoc scripting as well as full-scale programming, interfacing with anything that has any kind of interface, syntax made for humans, loads of libraries for essentially any application... Sincerely, Wolfgang -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
