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: 109fba,baaf5f793d03d420 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: fc89c,97188312486d4578 X-Google-Attributes: gidfc89c,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,97188312486d4578 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,6154de2e240de72a X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public From: rlk@rational.com (Bob Kitzberger) Subject: Re: What's the best language to start with? [was: Re: Should I learn C or Pascal?] Date: 1996/09/03 Message-ID: <50gf8c$cud@rational.rational.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 178126742 references: <01bb846d$c6c01780$87ee6fce@timpent.airshields.com> <4vgs4p$evl@news.accessone.com> <4vhtrd$8cq@news.ccit.arizona.edu> <5085r7$ra7@kanga.accessone.com> <50a7cs$m6e@news.ccit.arizona.edu> <50fmsm$3o2@news.asu.edu> organization: Rational Software Corporation newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.unix.programmer,comp.lang.ada Date: 1996-09-03T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: deafen@imap2.asu.edu wrote: : An employer (in the : business community) doesn't much care if a programmer knows what object : code is created from their source code. They care that the programmer : can program well *in the environment of that particular organization*. Not all companies have that point of view. Around here, we assume that a strength in the fundamentals, plus a proven above-the-rim level of competence allows our developers to switch from today's environment to tomorrows. One thing that's certain in this industry is rapid change. If you spend all of your college years learning the technology du jour, how can a company be assured that you can quickly shift to tomorrow's technology? : Side note: I'm glad that this is the first thread I picked up in : c.l.c++. Nice to see intelligent discourse on Usenet for once. :) Clearly because it's cross-posted to comp.lang.ada :-) -- Bob Kitzberger Rational Software Corporation rlk@rational.com http://www.rational.com http://www.rational.com/pst/products/testmate.html