Linux Programmer

You right M$ is famous for adding some stuff to a POS product
and charging tons of money for it.

The Wolf

p.s.
    Basic is the *worst* language to learn programming on.
    I think everyone should start from something like Pascal
    and then move to C/C++.

-> -----Original Message-----
-> From: Trent Shipley [mailto:tshipley@symbio-tech.com]
-> Sent: Friday, May 26, 2000 9:29 AM
-> To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
-> Subject: RE: Linux Programmer
->
->
-> I think one element that got lost in all this is that BASIC
-> was originally
-> designed as an entry level teaching tool with a secondary
-> goal of being an
-> easy-to-use programming language for the "masses."
->
-> VB is oriented toward quick-and-dirty programming for
-> business. It is
-> supposed to be a low skill, super-rapid development
-> environment for modest
-> projects and production of GUI interfaces.
->
-> For these applications C++ and C are way too expensive media for
-> development.
->
-> ----------------
->
-> GNU-Linux-BSD <liberty ware product> all lack the high
-> (COBOL) and low
-> (VB-esque) development environments suitable for cost-conscious
-> business-oriented development projects.
->
-> > -----Original Message-----
-> > From: plug-discuss-admin@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
-> > [mailto:plug-discuss-admin@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us]On
-> Behalf Of Mark
-> > Peoples
-> > Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2000 3:27 PM
-> > To: 'plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us'
-> > Subject: RE: Linux Programmer
-> >
-> >
-> > =)
-> >
-> > -----Original Message-----
-> > From: sinck@corp.quepasa.com [mailto:sinck@corp.quepasa.com]
-> > Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2000 3:26 PM
-> > To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
-> > Subject: RE: Linux Programmer
-> >
-> >
-> >
-> >
-> > \_ Yes, but, although you think it is bad, you learned it, right?
-> > You didn't
-> > \_ say, "I'm not learning VB because MS designed a crappy
-> language." ?
-> >
-> > Yeah, I did. I've got scars from learning it, though.
-> >
-> > David
-> >
-> >
-> >
-> >
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