Re: Programming?

["Robert G. Brown" <bob@xxxxxxx>]

"Bibbs, Christopher" <Christopher_Bibbs@compuware.com> wrote:
>*Chuckle*
>When I was first learning Pascal I asked my mentor why everything had to be
>typed.  He replied with the old adage (new to me though), "Strict typing is
>for weak minds." and just let it go at that.

APL has no typing, and IMO the student has other and better things to learn
than declarations in the early phases of developing good programming skills.


Andy <misplice@yahoo.com> wrote:
>Actually APL sounds like a great starting point. I'm
>not looking to start building applications right off
>the bat, I'm more interested in getting a good base
>from which to build on.
APL will give you one, and many people have used it for applications, too.

>When will the meeting you talked about...[?]
Looks like December 14th, on my calendar. This has not been posted on the KLUG
meeting schedule page yet, but will be shortly (webmasters?).

                                                               Regards,
                                                               ---> RGB <---