Re: Best first programming language

I would recommend learning C first. Learn some simple procedural programming then move to C++. I think this approach will make it easier to learn other languages.

I would stay away from Java for the first language. Too much to learn and one can get lost in Java.



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Keith Smith


--- On Tue, 5/19/09, Gerald Thurman <nanofoo@gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Gerald Thurman <nanofoo@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Best first programming language
> To: "Main PLUG discussion list" <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
> Date: Tuesday, May 19, 2009, 6:36 AM
> Learn to use a Unix system at the
> command-line along with a text editor and start writing BASH
> program. The command-line provides exposure to the Unix
> philosophy, files/directories, options/arguments, variables
> (environment), I/O, meta-characters and documentation (via
> manpages). First programs are written in BASH. BASH
> supports structured programming (sequence, if, while,
> functions) and an introduction to data structures/algorithms
> via arrays. After BASH I'd move onto C (using Ritchie
> and Kernighan for the text) with extensive coverage of the
> STDC Library. From this point there are numerous forks in
> the road.
>
>
> The "hello, world" program writtin in BASH.
>
> $ echo hello, world <ENTER>
>
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