Best first programming language

[keith smith]

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 at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Gerald Thurman <nanofoo at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Best first programming language
> To: "Main PLUG discussion list" <plug-discuss at 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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