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From: Barry Margolin <barmar@genuity.net>
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In article <9drfcr$du11@news-dxb>,
Faisal Halim  <faisal_halim@yahoo.com> wrote:
>Assalaamu 'alaikum,
>
>Thank you all for your replies to my question about which programming 
>language is best suited for beginners. You people have convinced me that 
>LISP and ADA rule.
>
>One thing though, when I searched for U.S. universities in New York 
>offering Computer Science courses, I actually came across a lot of Unis 
>(universities) which start off with C++, or worse yet, Visual C++!
>
>I will have to enter the U.S. as a foreign student, and as my uncle lives 
>in New York, that is where I will have to study.
>
>So I would like to know which Unis in New York teach CS in a way that is 
>more beneficial for the students, teach languages in the context of the job 
>required, and at the same time are affordable.

Which do you want, languages that are easiest for beginners, or languages
that are best for finding jobs?  If you want the most choice of jobs, C/C++
and Java are probably what most employers are looking for.

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