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=0.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_05,INVALID_MSGID 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: 103376,97188312486d4578 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,6154de2e240de72a X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public From: ajaskey@gnn.com (Andy Askey) Subject: Re: Should I learn C or Pascal? Date: 1996/07/20 Message-ID: <4srb1i$n04@news-e2c.gnn.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 169774317 references: <01bb73e3.1c6a0060$6bf467ce@dave.iceslimited.com> <1996Jul20.124025.122789@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> x-gnn-newsserver-posting-date: 20 Jul 1996 19:11:46 GMT organization: GNN newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.unix.programmer,comp.lang.ada Date: 1996-07-20T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: anh@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (TRAN PHAN ANH) wrote: >Absolutely right. >But Pascal or C was the original question. Start with C is what I say. >Better yet, why not C++ then move on to JAVA? >Besides, if you can master C/C++, and JAVA, it will take you 5 min. to learn >Pascal. Actually, if one has a solid foundation in programming techniques and >a solid understanding of one or two languages, one can aquire a working >knowledge of any language in no time. >>From my point of view, right now, C/C++, and JAVA on a resume is hotter >than Pascal. >Anh Absolutely right, Anh. I started with Fortran, taught myself C and C++ in about a month or so, and then picked up Ada in a couple weeks. Andy Askey -- May your karma be excellent for forgiving my spelling mishaps. Andy Askey ajaskey@gnn.com