Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2003 23:52:27 -0600 From: Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1045115547.7d50c4@mired.org> To: northern snowfall <dbailey27@ameritech.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org, matrix@altima.net Subject: Re: languages Message-ID: <15940.39707.55965.640089@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <3E44980B.20607@ameritech.net> References: <200302072309.AA423166622@altima.net> <15940.38588.692767.171995@guru.mired.org> <3E44980B.20607@ameritech.net>
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In <3E44980B.20607@ameritech.net>, northern snowfall <dbailey27@ameritech.net> typed: > >>what are the bbest three languages to learn? > C, java and as many flavors of ASM as possible =) You're being redundant. C is just a portable ASM. Java is just a slow portable ASM. Either one should be enough for even the most jaded masochist. How about Scheme, Eiffel and CAML? Scheme because the worlds best CS textbook - Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs by Abelson, Sussman and Sussman - uses it. Eiffel because the worlds best OO programming book - Object Oriented Software Construction by Bertrand Meyer - uses it, and CAML because every programmer should be exposed to FP at least once. How about HTML, XML and WML? Seriously, this is just idle speculation until the OP bothers to tell us what he intends to use the knowledge for. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/consulting.html Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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