One vote for Fortran!
On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 9:14 PM, Alan Dayley <
alandd@consultpros.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 8:36 PM, Vaughn Treude <vltreude@deru.com> 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
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