Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (5100 mails)

["Carlos E. R." <robin1.listas@xxxxxxxxxx>]

The Monday 2004-06-21 at 16:22 -0400, Bruce Marshall wrote:

> However, computing langaguages are somewhat like editors, they tend to be a
> religious subject and people will probably dispute much of what I have said
> above.

:-)

I tend to agree with most of what every body has said - but in order to
add a bit of salt, I'll mention that Pascal was once a very good language
for learning. I will not argue whether it is a good program to "use"
nowdays, that's a different question - but I still think it is good for
learning O:-)

On the other hand, I "think" Basic is not [good for learning]; however, a
lot of good programs and developing has been done with it: for example, by
non computer trained people, but good professionals on their own fields,
that expanded the use of computers for new tasks tremendously.

> Also remember that a programming language is like a tool, and you need to pick
> the best tool for the job.  You wouldn't write a serious database program
> using python, and you wouldn't write a simple shell script using C#.

Exactly. Some languages tend to be better for certain tasks than others,
and viceversa.

-- 
Cheers,
       Carlos Robinson