From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: *** X-Spam-Status: No, score=3.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID, RATWARE_MS_HASH,RATWARE_OUTLOOK_NONAME autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fc89c,97188312486d4578 X-Google-Attributes: gidfc89c,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,baaf5f793d03d420 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,6154de2e240de72a X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,97188312486d4578 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: "Tim Behrendsen" Subject: Re: What's the best language to start with? [was: Re: Should I learn C or Pascal?] Date: 1996/09/11 Message-ID: <01bb9f99$4058e180$32ee6fcf@timhome2>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 179858589 references: <01bb9c05$ce5b9aa0$87ee6fce@timpent.airshields.com> <511smf$b4h@zeus.orl.mmc.com> content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 organization: A-SIS mime-version: 1.0 newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.unix.programmer,comp.lang.ada Date: 1996-09-11T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Bob Gilbert wrote in article <511smf$b4h@zeus.orl.mmc.com>... > In article <01bb9c05$ce5b9aa0$87ee6fce@timpent.airshields.com>, "Tim Behrendsen" writes: > > > In article <01bb9a1e$24c669e0$32ee6fcf@timhome2>, "Tim Behrendsen" > > writes: > > > > > > > > > > > >There is no other view than the procedural view. > > I might not have as much of a problem with the above statement if > you had said that all *implementations* are eventually procedural, > but the word "view" implies a methodology, approach, or way of thinking > to solve a problem, and there does exist non-procedural views. That is a reasonable statement. There are certainly other ways of looking at algorithms other than procedurally (SQL, for example). I suppose there's a certain bias on my part because I break everything down automatically into procedures. I admit others may more naturally think in terms of mathematical statements. I'm still not sure if I want those people producing my SQL reports, however. :) -- Tim Behrendsen (tim@a-sis.com)