On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 1:44 AM, Bill Davidsen <david...@tmr.com> wrote:
The first thing you need to understand is that a programming language is a > *tool*, and after four decades of programming I can tell you that choosing > the > right tool makes the job vastly easier. C is great for operating systems > and > tools and has good data types, perl is an example of a language without > types, > and can do strings and light networking stuff quite well. In general > assembler > is so seldom used that other than (maybe) device drivers, device drivers, > test > software, and similar you can skip it. > > Beware learning one "best" language, if you only have a hammer everything > has to > be a nail. Currently I think C++ is most likely to have fanboys who think > it > does everything, but there are lots of others, and when someone says > "there's a > trick for that," it often means the language doesn't provide an obvious > tool to > do what you want. > > Since you asked, one language: perl, three: add C and javascript. Read some > FORTRAN and COBOL programs to see how they work, you don't need to write > for > them. I never found Ada to be the best tool for anything, although I wrote > about > 5k lines of it one year because a contract required it. Who better than a > political science major with an MBA to pick programming languages? > > Good luck. > > -- > Bill Davidsen > Thanks Bill, I think C/C++ as according to you. -- Regards, Parshwa Murdia
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