[ILUG] introduction to programming

[kevin lyda]

On Wed, May 25, 2005 at 04:49:28PM +0100, Bryan O'Donoghue wrote:
> kevin lyda wrote:
> > ouch.  i tried using it on vms but found it far too painful.
> You know, sometimes people seem to get very non-Spock about these things...
> 
> I think it's highly suspect to claim that there is one, all embracing
> doubleplusgood language... out there... that is *obviously* appropiate
> for elucidating /newbies/ amorphously, perhaps I'm wrong... I'd doubt
> I'd have the patience to *impart* information to people..

why exactly did you choose my post to reply to.  while i didn't make
star trek references or punctuate nearly all of my sentences with
ellipsis, i did make the point that there are loads of languages to
choose from and they exist in various families.

learning one opens up a whole area of computer languages and even if
you never use the language you learned, chances are the concepts are
transferrable to dozens if not hundreds of other languages.

so if you don't mind, please leave me out of your little rant.

kevin

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