Best first programming language

[Eric Cope]

I can't believe no one has mentioned assembly!

On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 3:18 PM, Bob Elzer <bob.elzer at gmail.com> wrote:

> For business apps, I suggest COBOL, COmmon Business-Oriented Language. Oh
> wait, we're not in the 80's anymore.
>
> I learned PERL for the O'Reilly book Programming Perl, also known as the
> Camel book because of the picture of the camel on the cover. O'Reilly has
> many books on Perl and all are helpful.
>
> It's very helpful to know the capabilities of the shell you are using, to
> determine whether you need to write a quick script or a full blown program.
> O'Reilly has books on shells to. (I don't work for O'Reilly, but I'm
> sounding like a commercial)
>
> But even after you settle on a language, then you need to learn about all
> the API's (application programming interfaces) these are libraries of
> routines to help the programmer get his work done faster.
>
> So lets say you want to learn C or C++, depending on whether you use
> linux/unix, or windows, there may be different API to write to the screen,
> or read from a device more then just your basic I/O.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Dennis
> Kibbe
> Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 5:13 AM
> To: Main PLUG discussion list
> Subject: Best first programming language
>
> I searched the archive but didn't find a previous discussion about this.
>
> A friend who graduates from high school next week wants to take a summer
> course in programming. His goal is to become a business applications
> programmer.
>
> He asked me what language he should start with. I'd guess the prgramming
> landscape is changing with more services going into the cloud.
>
> Joseph, Hans, Charles I'm sure you have opinoins and I welcome anyone
> elses.
>
> My friend, Ian isn't on the list so I'll point him to gmane.org to follow
> the discussion.
>
> dennisk
>
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