On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 8:50 PM, Jerry Feldman <g...@blu.org> wrote: I agree. The important part of computer programming (and I have been a > programmer for 45 years) is that you understand the basic concepts as > well as data structures initially.
Okay. Really cool to know that you are programmer for 45 years! Such a long period! > A language like C can get you in trouble very fast. IMHO, Pascal was a > decent language to learn some of > these concepts. IMHO, Python is an excellent first language in that it > behaves as a regular computer language, and also supports object > orientation. Yes, Python is good. > But, you need to learn what a variable is, what integers, > floats, characters, and strings are. These are the basics, but if you do > not understand how integers work using twos complement arithmetic, your > programs might fail and you may not know why. Okay > Additionally, you need to know the basic structures, like stacks (where in > C and C++ your > automatic variables reside) and arrays. I personally don't like Perl as > a language to create applications, but I find it very useful for > scripting. As Parshwa intimates, pointers is an advanced topic and > requires a lot of understanding, and is not a good concept to start on. > > -- > Jerry Feldman > Yes, because I saw the book and Pointers was mentioned at the end of the book before which it covers a lot of, a lot of useful stuff, which takes time to be grasped! -- Regards, Parshwa Murdia
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