At that rate throw in COBOL ------------------------ Keith Smith --- On Sat, 2/20/10, Eric Cope wrote: > From: Eric Cope > Subject: Re: > To: "Main PLUG discussion list" > Date: Saturday, February 20, 2010, 10:17 PM > One vote for Fortran! > > On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 9:14 PM, > Alan Dayley > wrote: > > > On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 8:36 PM, Vaughn > Treude > wrote: > > > On 02/20/2010 08:01 PM, keith smith wrote: > > >> I'm old school and would suggest learning > plain old C.  Then you can branch out to other languages. > > >> > > >> ------------------------ > > >> Keith Smith > > > > > > I second that. C is simple and versatile, and spawned > off a whole family > > > of other language such as C++ and Java. > > > Vaughn Treude > > > > I would not describe C as simple.  It is a small > language (low number > > of reserved words and operators) but it's highly > versatile nature and > > closeness to the hardware makes it very capable and > dangerous.  And so > > not simple, in my mind. > > > > It has been my bread and butter for 20+ years so I do love > it. > > > > Alan > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail > settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > -- > Eric Cope > http://cope-et-al.com > > > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail > settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss