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=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM, FREEMAIL_REPLY autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10a146,f7a7163813ae8672 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a146,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,f7a7163813ae8672 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: fac41,f7a7163813ae8672 X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,f7a7163813ae8672 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: fa0ae,f7a7163813ae8672 X-Google-Attributes: gidfa0ae,public X-Google-Thread: 10611e,f7a7163813ae8672 X-Google-Attributes: gid10611e,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,f7a7163813ae8672 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: f645d,f7a7163813ae8672 X-Google-Attributes: gidf645d,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-11-16 18:13:14 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail From: KirstenBayes@aol.com (Kirsten Bayes) Newsgroups: comp.lang.basic.visual,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.java.programmer,comp.object,nyc.food,comp.lang.eiffel,comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.perl.misc Subject: Re: Best language for low IQ programmers? Date: 16 Nov 2001 18:13:14 -0800 Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Message-ID: <3e68a8bb.0111161813.77de6474@posting.google.com> References: <1004990076967295@aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 172.191.22.184 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1005963194 12877 127.0.0.1 (17 Nov 2001 02:13:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 17 Nov 2001 02:13:14 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.basic.visual:11053 comp.lang.c++:104417 comp.lang.java.programmer:110760 comp.object:24789 nyc.food:2090 comp.lang.eiffel:4960 comp.lang.ada:16637 comp.lang.perl.misc:78651 Date: 2001-11-17T02:13:14+00:00 List-Id: 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