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: 1014db,6154de2e240de72a X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: fc89c,97188312486d4578 X-Google-Attributes: gidfc89c,public X-Google-Thread: 10db24,4cf070091283b555 X-Google-Attributes: gid10db24,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 learn? [was Re: Should I learn C or Pascal?] Date: 1996/08/14 Message-ID: <4utu3p$68d@solutions.solon.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 174251412 references: <4u7hi6$s2b@nntp.seflin.lib.fl.us> <01bb89f1$31be4f60$87ee6fce@timpent.airshields.com> <4ut1sv$ngv@solutions.solon.com> <01bb8a24$88d46fe0$87ee6fce@timpent.airshields.com> organization: Usenet Fact Police (Undercover) reply-to: seebs@solon.com newsgroups: comp.edu,comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.unix.programmer Date: 1996-08-14T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <01bb8a24$88d46fe0$87ee6fce@timpent.airshields.com>, Tim Behrendsen wrote: >No, I disagree. It would be like teaching people to drive by >starting out teach them mechanics, and I'm not sure that wouldn't >be a bad idea. :) >Metallurgy would be the equivalent of teach programmers how to >melt the silicon, which even *I* think is a little excessive... :) I think computers are more abstract than you're giving them credit for. Melting silicon is to computing what quantum physics is to cars. Cars only have a couple of layers of abstraction, so far. -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.