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.
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
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 projec
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.
>> 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 coul
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 o
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
> 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?
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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
>> 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
On Sun, Jan 17, 1999 at 05:05:48AM +0100, Antonio A. Rivas Ojanguren wrote:
> >
> >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++,
>
>
>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
>s
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
sec
> 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 peo
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
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
> 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 p
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 pe
> 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
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
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