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: 103376,97188312486d4578 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: fc89c,97188312486d4578 X-Google-Attributes: gidfc89c,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,6154de2e240de72a X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public From: tequila@interlog.com (Mark Eissler) Subject: Re: Should I learn C or Pascal? Date: 1996/07/20 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 169086057 references: <01bb73e3.1c6a0060$6bf467ce@dave.iceslimited.com> <1996Jul20.124025.122789@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> organization: Tequila Films Inc. newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.unix.programmer,comp.lang.ada Date: 1996-07-20T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <1996Jul20.124025.122789@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>, anh@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (TRAN PHAN ANH) wrote: > Absolutely right. > > But Pascal or C was the original question. Start with C is what I say. > Better yet, why not C++ then move on to JAVA? > > Besides, if you can master C/C++, and JAVA, it will take you 5 min. to learn > Pascal. Actually, if one has a solid foundation in programming techniques and > a solid understanding of one or two languages, one can aquire a working > knowledge of any language in no time. > > From my point of view, right now, C/C++, and JAVA on a resume is hotter > than Pascal. > Yes, but since just about everyone else has said something I'd say follow this path BASIC -> Pascal -> C -> C++ -> JAVA. Jumping from nothing to C is likely to end up with nowhere. Pascal is a simple language that will teach you certain things that will make it easier to adapt to or "learn" C. While Pascal may not be used all that much at a commercial level, it is still an excellent teaching language and therefore a good place to start. Adapting to C is a breeze once you know Pascal. Of course, having had some passing familarity with the concepts of programming (possibly picked up from BASIC) will help a great deal. Becoming a "programmer" is something that happens in steps, not all at once. And the learning continues as the languages evolve. -- Mark Eissler | Still in Toronto. tequila@interlog.com | Still Raining. http://www.interlog.com/~tequila/ | Still...