Re: Programming?

[Jack Littrell <JackL@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

There are of course pros and cons to every language, not only for
their end uses but also just simply as a learning tool.  Something
like BASIC allows you to get over the syntax of the language rather
easily and hides a lot of the underlying machine stuff so you can
concentrate on what you want to learn, perhaps some rudimentary
algorthms (I think that worked very well in my high school classes
about 12 years ago.  I don't think they teach serious programming in
high schools anymore).  C is going to have much trickier syntax and
hide very little of the machine from the user, but it is a good place
to start if you want a better feeling of what is really going on. If
all one ever wants to do is web progamming, then you probably care
neither for algorthms nor how the machine works, so maybe PERL
wouldn't be a bad place to start.  The famous adage of the right tool
for the right job applies even to learning, I suppose.

Jack