Author: Sean Empey
Date: 16:19:44 08/11/04
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On August 11, 2004 at 17:46:45, Sune Fischer wrote: >On August 11, 2004 at 17:25:14, Omid David Tabibi wrote: > >>> That might be the reason why I'm mentally mutilated, as I first learnt BASIC >>>for the Amstrad (some centuries ago). >> >>I first learned BASIC too (actually QBASIC). And when I moved to C, my first >>programs were full of "goto". It took me some time to abandon such unhealthy >>BASIC habits. >> >>Nowadays Visual Basic is chosen for simplicity. But if my 13 years old sister >>could learn C with rather ease, then everyone can. The problem with C/C++ is >>that they don't provide an easy way for creating GUI (unlike Java, C#, Visual >>Basic, etc). That is the only advantage of Visual Basic over C for beginners. > >I think most all languages have some advantages and disadvantages relative to >others. > >That's why good programmers usually know at least 4-5 different languages. >Perhaps one can even say that to be a good programmer you _need_ to know 4-5 >languages. :) > >The real art is to be versatile and decide which language to use when. > >-S. Very well said. I myself know a bag full of languages and do the same, pick the one that will do the job the best. -Sean
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