Hi everyone,
I am looking for a little bit of advice in what will surely be a contentious
subject...
I want to learn a programming language, and am wondering what language to
choose...
I still remember a little bit of the C that I took in school, and I am
fairly confident that I could whip off a "Hello World!" program in under an
hour. I have also played a bit with Perl, and that it shouldn't take me much
longer to write hello world in perl than it did in C. I do not have any real
skill in either so I could just drop both of them in favour of something
new.
I want to get more serious than just playing around with it, I want to start
developing my own applications to meet the needs I have. So to the crux of
the matter, which to choose?
Well to me the first step is to determine what type of language I want to
learn: Compiled or Interpreted?
Now for Interpreted languages, the choice really comes down to the 2 big
boys for me anyway,
Perl and Python.
Which is easier to learn, and ultimately use?
For compiled languages, I am looking at C/C++
Problem there is I have heard that you should not look at them combined but
as separate entities. Some books I have looked at have said that if you are
a beginner, and want to learn C++ it is best that you don't know C so you
can start fresh in OOP, and not have to unlearn concepts from C. Others have
said that you should have a strong basis in C before you learn C++.
So I am having a little trouble figuring out where to start and was hoping
the list could help me out.
Anybody know of some good books on these languages? Thanks in advance for
any advice.
Regards,
Tom Jones
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