Re: Programming?

[Mike Nicholas <nicholas@xxxxxxxxx>]

At 11:13 PM 12/8/1999 -0500, you wrote:
>so hey, i can honestly say that i don't know how to program other than some
>QBasic, and HTML (the latter is debatable as an actual language)

What does the "L" stand for in HTML?

>but i'm
>noticing something in this chain... it seems that learning to program is a
>lot like learning to drive a car: you don't necessarily need to have one
>specific type of car (Dodge Intrepid or Ford Probe or Kia Sportage...) but
>you do need to learn the basics of driving (gas on right to go, breaks on
>left to stop, wipers are good in rain, etc...) and i suppose that it's truly
>more important to learn the proper techniques and logic to programming
>rather than the actual ins and outs of it all...
>
>now with that moment of either brilliance or ludicracy out of the way i was
>wondering... is there any good book which focuses more on the logic of
>programming rather than the exact specifics... teaching to flowchart and all
>that kind of good stuff like the Boolean logic... or is that just something
>that most "good programming book" have?
>
>thank you
>
>
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