<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>I've always heard that it is best to begin with some form of C. You don't think so? I don't know program language, but the basics do not look difficult. However, what I'm wondering is -- if I invest some time to learn a language, then what can I do with it? If there were something fun or practical, I might look at some books.</span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; "> <div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Raymond DeRoo <rderoo@deroo.net><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> CLUE's mailing list <clue@cluedenver.org> <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> Max G.
Allen <mgallen@thegeek.nu>; David T. Willson <dtwillson@thegeek.nu> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, May 7, 2012 12:10 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [clue] Budding SW Engineers<br> </font> </div> <br>
<div id="yiv1602297189"><base><div>David:<div><br><div><div><blockquote type="cite"><span class="yiv1602297189Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; font-size: medium; font-family: Helvetica; "><div><div style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">I can't<span class="yiv1602297189Apple-converted-space"> </span><span>count the number of times I've been asked, "What is the best programming language? Which one should I learn first?"<br><br>Learn them all, but start with Python, because it's easy, fun, and highly capable out-of-the box.<br></span></div></div></span></blockquote><div><br></div>And one of few where indentation matters. :)</div><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><span
class="yiv1602297189Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; font-size: medium; font-family: Helvetica; "><div><div style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span>Next, if you want to get further away from the OS, go Java. If you want to get closer to the OS, go bash.<br></span></div></div></span></blockquote><div><br></div>I think Java or C, bash isn't a programming language and is further from the OS than Java. ( even taking into account the JVM )</div><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><span class="yiv1602297189Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px;
text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; font-size: medium; font-family: Helvetica; "><div><div style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span id="yiv16022971891db0e1d5-cb88-49a4-8e2f-e90f3b6109a8">And enough JavaScript and perl to get by on.<br></span></div></div></span></blockquote><div><br></div>I would have to say the JavaScript is an absolute must unless that have no desire to write Internet related code. So many technologies today are making use of javascript ( node.js, mongodb, html5, etc ) that anyone not learning JavaScript today is doing themselves a huge disservice.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Raymond</div></div></div></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>clue mailing list: <a ymailto="mailto:clue@cluedenver.org" href="mailto:clue@cluedenver.org">clue@cluedenver.org</a><br>For information, account preferences, or to unsubscribe
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