[NTLUG:Discuss] Wanting to speak the language

[Andrew Brown]

Thanks for all the feedback. Perl seems to be the most democratic of
choices.. based on exit polls of course. CNN is not making a call as of
yet, ha! 

What I am wanting to start with is editing the programs I have to fit
work related matters then 'HOPEFULLY" step into more serious
programming. It has been awhile since I worked heavily with programming,
i.e. 1985-1987 with an APPLE IIe and BASIC, yikes. Have had fun with
HTML and played with VB for a wee bit... yuck M$. 

Well off to Perl I go! Thanks a ton!

AB

On Wed, 2005-02-23 at 09:03 -0600, Greg Edwards wrote:
> Andrew Brown wrote:
> > 
> > So here I am standing on the beach staring at the ocean of machine
> > languages wondering... where to now?! So I lean once again on my
> > faithful NTLUG to lead me onward and upward. I know it is a dumb
> > question, but which language first? C++ Perl Python Java.... Tcl... oh
> > my... Google is nice at giving me info on each, but all I get is "choose
> > me, choose me" reading... advice would be nice!
> > 
> > thanks!
> > 
> 
> Depends on what your goals are, and what your current knowledge base is. 
> Other than the shells, have you done any other programming?  What kinds of 
> things are you interested in doing?  Are you just looking to customize 
> your system and desktop, or write personal use programs?
>