RE: Programming?

["Bibbs, Christopher" <Christopher_Bibbs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I would never suggest anyone start with C/C++.  Why you ask?  Pointers.
Pointers are inherently dangerous, difficult for beginners, and used all
over the place in C(++).  My favorite 'learning' languages are as follows:

Pascal - Practically useless, but easy to pick up and will teach you
valuable skills
Perl - Safer than C, very useful.  The 50 ways to skin the cat may confuse
beginners
Lisp - I just like Lisp

I'm not a fan of most programming books, I prefer reference manuals whenever
available so I can't answer that part of the question.

Christopher Bibbs

-----Original Message-----
From: Andy [mailto:misplice@yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 1999 7:21 AM
To: KLUG
Subject: Programming?



Ok, I haven't programmed anything since BASIC and I
was wondering what would be the best language to learn
as a starting point for others. I've heard C/C++ is a
good place to start because some of the other
languages are offshoots of them and are then easier to
learn since you know C/C++. Also I know everyone likes
teh O'Reilly books, but are there anyothers that you
would recommend as a learning aid?

Thanks 
Andy

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