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