[Alan Dayley]

On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 8:36 PM, Vaughn Treude <vltreude at 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