[NTLUG:Discuss] Wanting to speak the language

[Burton Strauss]

Well, my 2 cents is that while it may be democratic, it's probably the worst
language to learn, unless you want a pack o' bad habits.

Google for "There Is More Than One Way To Do It" (TIMTOWTDI) and read
http://www.perl.com/pub/a/1999/03/pm.html.

-----Burton

-----Original Message-----
From: discuss-bounces at ntlug.org [mailto:discuss-bounces at ntlug.org] On Behalf
Of Andrew Brown
Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 9:36 AM
To: NTLUG
Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] Wanting to speak the language

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?
> 


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