Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2773 mails)

[weberdr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Darren R. Weber)]

On Wed, 22 Dec 1999, you wrote:
> Hi.
> have played with the idea of learning a language
> for a long time.
> have looked at perl,done some shell scripting,and have 
> done some work with elisp(very basic though).
> Whats the best language long term,to go with.
> I want to invest my time in something for the future.
> then there is the procedural vs functional argument !.
> Its all very confusing.
> Any input would be welcome.
> --
> Thanks.
> Keith.

I've used Java, Perl, C, and a few others.  All with their own
merits.  I'm not the best programmer but from what I have seen most
things are explained by how they compare to C.  Most of the better
software I have used was written in C or C++.  I would say it's
harder to learn but probably the best place to start.  If you really
work at it and get a good understanding of how C works then you can
more easily incorporate other languages into your work.

I would also say that there are more tools, books, libraries, samples
and everything else available in C to help you learn.  I'm still
learning C myself and can hardly do more than "hello world" but I've
seen more adds lately and more oportunities for C programmers lately
than anything else.  Not to mention my own projects that are best
suited for C or C++ (next to learn).  I wish when I was learning Java
I would have instead been learning C.  They are similar, but I have a
long way to go.


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