Re: Programming?

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

>If I should use something for my workplace then I
>should be looking at Visual Basic. ...
Which hides a great deal of the machinery from the novice. 
You want to know what's going on behind those scenes before
you let the programming environment hide them from you.

>...I'm still leaning towards APL and have found some 
>interesting Websites but nothing with anything of
>substance on it. 
Where have you gone, and what do you call "substance"? One of
the problems with the APL world is that it is not terribly
web-oriented. There are organizations that actively DISCOURAGE
public display of their use of APL, for a number of reasons.

>That and the book aspect has been severely lacking, at
>least on-line but I still have a few more places to visit. 
I can tap a supply of books, including out-of-print books,
at reasonable prices. There are also free courses in APL 
on-line.

                                               Regards,
                                                 ---> RGB <---