On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 3:33 AM, Cameron Simpson <c...@zip.com.au> wrote:
I would strongly recommend Python over C for learning to program. > > The syntax is very clean and clear (unlike Perl, which is visually very > noisy); it is nearly like writing out and English language description > of your code and watching it run. > > There are no fiddly memory management things (unlike C, where strings > are fixed length memory arrays, and there are many pitfalls). > > The documentation is pretty good (see docs.python.org). > > Of course later you will want to learn other things to do particular > things or just to use other paradigms. > > I would not recommend Perl for learning. And I used to write a lot of Perl. > > I do suggest you learn a little about the UNIX shell (bash, ksh, sh, > zsh; all dialects of the core scripting language "sh"); being able to > write simple pipelines and shell control structures (for loops, file > patterns etc) is very useful. > > Cheers, > -- > Cameron Simpson So Python is really good and I was not wrong! But people suggested me C are not wrong as C is more close to the metal and the machine, that is for sure. -- Regards, Parshwa Murdia
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