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=0.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit 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: seebs@solutions.solon.com (Peter Seebach) Subject: Re: What's the best language to start with? [was: Re: Should I learn C or Pascal?] Date: 1996/08/10 Message-ID: <4uhe79$4va@solutions.solon.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 173301971 references: <4uaqqg$203@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU> <01bb8536$892ee260$87ee6fce@timpent.airshields.com> <4ud8oo$61t@solutions.solon.com> <320bf84e.9269979@nntp.ix.netcom.com> organization: Usenet Fact Police (Undercover) reply-to: seebs@solon.com newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.unix.programmer,comp.lang.ada Date: 1996-08-10T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <320bf84e.9269979@nntp.ix.netcom.com>, Mike Rubenstein wrote: >Are you suggesting that the guy who invented the GCD algorithm you >used didn't know assembly language? :-) Actually, the Greeks had an unfair advantage, in that they learned math as children. In fact, *all* of their texts are math texts, consisting of sequences of variables being multiplied. At least, that's what I see when I try to read 'em. Not sure *why* they never use anything but the sorta weird ones, but I guess it works for them. I woulda used more x's and n's, but hey. -s -- Peter Seebach - seebs@solon.com - Copyright 1996 - http://www.solon.com/~seebs Unix/C Wizard - send mail for help, or send money for consulting! The *other* C FAQ, the hacker FAQ, et al. See web page above. Unsolicited email (junk mail and ads) is unwelcome, and will be billed for.