Re: Best language for low IQ programmers?

[KirstenBayes@aol.com (Kirsten Bayes)]

BrianMetc@aol.com (Brian Metc) wrote in message news:<1004990076967295@aol.com>...
> I would like to get into the programing field. My problem is that I have low IQ due to
> early childhool learning deprivation and TV overdose. Simply said I am stuped, I am 
> pretty good amongst my friends, but not solving problems. You know what I
> mean. Anyways, I want to go into computor programing because of money
> issue. I now need to choose languege for programming, simple enough
> for me.
> 
> My friend wh does C plus plus recommended that I learn either Visual Basic or Eiffel.
> My ex girlfriend who is a sys admin who did perl, sugested that I learn Ada because
> it has "serious type system" which is fool proof.
> 
> She dis couraged me from using Eiffel because itr was  a language going out of the
> market, no longer used by any serious corporation, She said the same thing for Ada.
> 
> Java is simple compared to c plus plus but a scam language, based on hype.
> 
> This only leaves visual basic. Especally because it is used under Windows, Microsoft
> stuff is always easier.
> 
> Would any one sugest the best language for me.
> 
> Brian

Dear Brian

If marketability is what you want, it's often good to go with the
scripting languages of popular systems. So, for UNIX that's C/C++ and
Perl, for Windows its Visual Basic & VBScript, for web apps its Java &
Javascript.

New languages grow from the established base, so up and coming
languages like PHP or Python owe alot to Perl, for example. Start with
what's out there, before moving onto languages which are out-there.

I'd let your prejudices guide you. Larry Wall, the Perl guy, often
jokes that impatience, laziness and hubris are the essential
characteristics of a good programmer. Lots of people like Microsoft,
many others think Windows is bad enough without writing more of it. A
day without Java is a day without Sun, and that's fine for many
people.

In the end, it's not the language or the platform that matters, but
the person. And, hey, you matter, Brian.

Best wishes
Kirsten