On Sun, Nov 16, 2003 at 08:45:51PM +0800, David Palmer wrote: > Hello, > > I thought that I might make a beginning at learning. > I've searched the web, found information that goes beyond the definition > of plethora, so I thought that I'd ask here. > > (1) What is the best language to start with?
Learn more than one (breadth first search rather than depth first) :) Pick a procedural, pick an object-oriented, pick a functional, pick a 'glue' language. I'd recommend C, Perl, Java, Haskell. I would possibly recommend Python over Java if I had any experience with it. I think learning vi(m) is a good idea but grab emacs, kate and (insert someone else's recommendation here) and give them at least a cursory glance. Diversity is the key - as a user and a developer. -- Jon Dowland http://jon.dowland.name/
