Re: Best language for low IQ programmers?

[dragnet@internalysis.com (Marc Bissonnette)]

"Daniel Torreblanca" <torrebld@unbc.ca> wrote in
news:341DCBB5A5FBD411900F00034707FFB605207046@xserv.unbc.ca: 

>     I don't see you getting into programming at all. If it's a "money
> issue", don't except to make lots of money (or any for that matter).
> You get a job and you get paid according to what your employer wants
> and needs, not what you are capable of. As a programmer, it is almost
> necessary to know a few different languages, or at least different
> applications of one language. If you don't think you can do something
> like C or C++, stay out of the field. Consider web design.
> 
>     I don't think C or C++ are inherently "difficult". The thing is
>     that 
> they are such powerful languages and their applications are so
> widespread that it may seem overwhelming at first. But once you learn
> one language, the transition to others is much less tedious.

Daniel's got the right gist of this. 

You don't get into programming just because of the money. At best, if 
that's all you're in it for, you'll be a mediocre programmer and that's 
assuming you're a real bookworm to learn all the 'textbook' answers. 

A ***really good*** programmer is into it because (s)he really enjoys it. 
That's where the innovative solutions come from: Because someone enjoys the 
language they code in so much that they are specifically *not* limited 
solely to what the textbooks suggest are the answers. 

Me, I chose Perl as my primary language after 'growing up' through basic, 
Pascal, and Turbo Pascal. I chose Perl because it's all about manipulating 
data (well, they're all about that, I mean text data, primarily) and 
because it is a very logical language. The support for Perl is phenominal, 
as well, esp. in NG's like comp.lang.perl.misc, as long as you're willing 
to work for your answer (i.e. show the code you've tried to date and be 
perfectly willing to wade through a FAQ or three if your question is mind-
numbingly common).

If you're just looking for money in a career, go and get yourself an MBA 
and become a manager, somewhere :)

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Marc Bissonnette
InternAlysis
Intelligence in Internet Communications
http://www.internalysis.com