DARN - I hate when this happens. I type an e-mail reply - but, forget to send it - and have other windows in front of it. So - now - 3 days later - I see I didn't send it! So - here goes...
I totally agree with you Alan. Funny thing is - a while ago - they were a purely VB shop. Then - some of the systems folks here started having an argument about what to develop in. The CTO then put out the word via e-mail, re:VB vs. C#. Which then had more people arguing. So - then he called a meeting of the entire systems dept. - like about 30 people - and we argued in a conference room. Kinda funny - since one guy says this other guy in the group had ALREADY been doing coding in C# - when we were supposed to be a VB shop. So - in the end - the CTO decided to let Each Programmer decide what they would prefer to code in. So - now we are officially a 2 language shop! :-) Regards, Kurt Wendt Senior Systems Analyst Tel. +1-212-747-9100 www.GlobeTax.com -----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Alan Bourke Sent: Friday, June 17, 2016 2:40 PM To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: Re: [NF] Which Programming Language Should I Learn? Make it C# would be my opinion. -- Alan Bourke alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm On Fri, 17 Jun 2016, at 06:21 PM, Kurt Wendt wrote: > Yeah - I started on an Apple II doing BASIC in 1980. Dabbled in BASIC > for years - then 'fell in love' with TurboPascal. > > I'm still doing VFP. But, at my job - they are Pushing me Seriously to > get on-board w/.Net - and either learn VB or C#. > > So - I gotta get crackin' and start watching some video tutorials - > and get my head wrapped around a new language... > > Regards, > Kurt Wendt > Senior Systems Analyst > > > Tel. +1-212-747-9100 > www.GlobeTax.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of > John R. Sowden > Sent: Friday, June 17, 2016 1:16 PM > To: profoxt...@leafe.com > Subject: Re: [NF] Which Programming Language Should I Learn? > > This is interesting. When I started with computers in 1977 (TRS-80 > Model I), I was the target market for computers, software, etc. I am > a small businessperson who invested time and energy into using computers. > I loved it! Now, I am not recognized at all. Either I use canned > software (gnucash, a quicken wanna be), an Office Program (Libre > Office), etc. or I am a "developer" earning a living writing code for others. > Neither apply. I have been writing in dBASE II, dBXL, Foxbase, > FoxPro/DOS (Visual Foxpro 5.0, never worked (not enough memory error > with more than enough memory)). Now I am trying Pure Basic. I wonder > what happened to the rest of us. > > John > > > On 06/17/2016 09:54 AM, Gene Wirchenko wrote: > > At 09:18 2016-06-17, Alan Bourke <alanpbou...@fastmail.fm> wrote: > >> With added Lord Of The Rings comparisions. > >> > >> http://carlcheo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/which-programming-la > >> ng uage-should-i-learn-first-infographic.png > >> > > > > It made for a break from all the shooting-yourself-in-the-foot > > comparisons. > > > > Sincerely, > > > > Gene Wirchenko > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/80838f1ca795b14ea1af48659f35166f2bd...@drexch02.corp.globetax.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
