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: 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: JYoungman@vggas.com (James Youngman) Subject: Re: What's the best language to start with? [was: Re: Should I learn C or Pascal?] Date: 1996/08/19 Message-ID: <4v9hl4$1ag@halon.vggas.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 175078517 references: <31FBC584.4188@ivic.qc.ca> <01bb8342$88cc6f40$32ee6fcf@timhome2> <4u7grn$eb0@news1.mnsinc.com> <01bb83ad$29c3cfa0$87ee6fce@timpent.airshields.com> <4u89c4$p7p@solutions.solon.com> <01bb83f5$923391e0$87ee6fce@timpent.airshields.com> <01bb8534$b2718bc0$87ee6fce@timpent.airshields.com> <4ul191$38j@excessus.demon.co.uk> content-type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII organization: VG Gas Analysis Systems mime-version: 1.0 newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.unix.programmer,comp.lang.ada Date: 1996-08-19T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <4ul191$38j@excessus.demon.co.uk>, mdw@excessus.demon.co.uk says... >Why is it, by the way, that no-one here (apart from me) has mentioned >the issue of code size? Does no-one care? Perhaps because it's orthogonal.... -- James Youngman VG Gas Analysis Systems The trouble with the rat-race is, even if you win, you're still a rat.