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=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_40,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: 1696ae,97188312486d4578 X-Google-Attributes: gid1696ae,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,6154de2e240de72a X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,97188312486d4578 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: smosha@most.fw.hac.com (Stephen M O'Shaughnessy) Subject: Re: Should I learn C or Pascal? Date: 1996/07/22 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 170018178 sender: usenet@most.fw.hac.com x-nntp-posting-host: smosha references: <4rs76l$aqd@ccshst05.uoguelph.ca> <4sdlco$rtl@nntp.seflin.lib.fl.us> <4sf9e7$kl7@news.jump.net> <01bb74ac$b7aa7860$7b91f780@deangulo> <01bb7591$83087d60$87ee6fce@timpent.airshields.com> <4sord0$l0k@solaria.cc.gatech.edu> organization: MESC mime-version: 1.0 newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.unix.programmer,comp.dos.programmer,comp.lang.ada Date: 1996-07-22T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <4sord0$l0k@solaria.cc.gatech.edu>, turnage@cc.gatech.edu says... > Never, never, never try to start learning a language before you > learn how to program. A good algorithm simply cannot be replaced, > and learning how to write an alogrithm is in programming, not > in learning a language. You can sit down and read a hundred books > about how to use pointers and linked lists in c++, and you still > won't know how to use them in a good manner, if at all. > I am with Mr. Dewar on this one. What Jeremy is saying is like saying learn theology or philosophy before you learn to read or write or even speak! You can't understand the concepts of any discipline until you learn the language that describes that discipline. There is some validity in Mr. Nelson's statements. Don't get caught up in the language war when trying to understand the concepts of programming. It is like arguing merits of Greek or Hebrew in understanding Christianity. It misses the whole point. But you must have at least one language to even begin. So for the original poster, does Mr. Nelson have a reference for the none language specific programming?