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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1696ae,97188312486d4578 X-Google-Attributes: gid1696ae,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,baaf5f793d03d420 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: fc89c,97188312486d4578 X-Google-Attributes: gidfc89c,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,6154de2e240de72a X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,97188312486d4578 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: billy@cast.msstate.edu (Billy Chambless) Subject: Re: Should I learn C or Pascal? Date: 1996/07/19 Message-ID: <4so5g7$9an@NNTP.MsState.Edu>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 169630024 references: <4sf9e7$kl7@news.jump.net> <4slt4p$9jj@ns.broadvision.com> organization: MSU - Center for Air/Sea Technology newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.unix.programmer,comp.dos.programmer,comp.lang.ada Date: 1996-07-19T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article , dewar@cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar) writes: |> Note the phrase "C++ programmer" |> the second word is by FAR the most important. Concentrate on learning the |> basic principles of computer science and software engineering. The language |> you learn at first is not so important, and I would say Pascal is probably Amen! Any good programmer can learn any new langauge that coems along. The danger new programmers often fall into is that of learning to be a "foo programmer", where foo is the language du jour. The technology changes to fast to be locked into one mode. C++ is meaga-way-cool today, but remember, C was the end-all a while back, and COBOL before that. Don't strive to be a C++ Programmer or a Java Programmer -- become a Good Programmer. -- * Billy Chambless | billy@cast.msstate.edu | voice: 601-688-7608 * Mississippi State University Center for Air-Sea Technology * "And I don't like doing silly things (except on purpose)." * --Larry Wall in <1992Jul3.191825.14435@netlabs.com>