Programming language

[Damaged Eagle]

Back in the dos days you could append ascii character 255 to the end of a file name and no one could run the file unless they typed the file name plus ascii character 255 because it was invisible.

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Been so long I've forgotten more than I remember.

*****SMILE*****

 

[dblack]

What was the first you learned? Python? or something else such as SQL or html?

I played around with Basic (just "Basic") and command line, DOS and Unix scripts but didn't get serious until I started application programming in the unique languages they used. Eventually they matured and all use Python now. I also did a bunch of javascript, asp, aspx, and php to build some web sites. Good times. I can't recall how many OS I learned that don't exist anymore.

javascript is good to know. every interactive website uses it. Did you find it more difficult to learn than Python?

Hard to say, the Javascript I used was NOT the asynchronous stuff we have today. If I had to guess, I'd say Python is the easiest language (and the most useful) if only because it has the largest community behind it. It won't do everything great but it will do everything. A Swiss Army knife of a language.

Modern Javascript has moved far beyond its original purpose (scripting for web pages). The async-first mindset can make for some confusing code to a newb. It's also makes it possible to write some really bad code, that never-the-less, kinda-sorta works. Something like Ruby or Python might be a better place to start.

The real key is to find something you want to make, and do it. Grab whatever tools get the job done. I think that's the best way to learn.

I want a Bunny Ranch in Mizzouri like they have in Vegas....

Then I recommend Lisp.

 

[dblack]

What was the first you learned? Python? or something else such as SQL or html?

COBOL using geometric figures...Then FORTRAN in the later 1980's and then of course everyone's C: prompt populator-DOS.....

The International Obfuscated C Code Contest

 

[miketx]

What was the first you learned? Python? or something else such as SQL or html?

I played around with Basic (just "Basic") and command line, DOS and Unix scripts but didn't get serious until I started application programming in the unique languages they used. Eventually they matured and all use Python now. I also did a bunch of javascript, asp, aspx, and php to build some web sites. Good times. I can't recall how many OS I learned that don't exist anymore.

javascript is good to know. every interactive website uses it. Did you find it more difficult to learn than Python?

Hard to say, the Javascript I used was NOT the asynchronous stuff we have today. If I had to guess, I'd say Python is the easiest language (and the most useful) if only because it has the largest community behind it. It won't do everything great but it will do everything. A Swiss Army knife of a language.

Modern Javascript has moved far beyond its original purpose (scripting for web pages). The async-first mindset can make for some confusing code to a newb. It's also makes it possible to write some really bad code, that never-the-less, kinda-sorta works. Something like Ruby or Python might be a better place to start.

The real key is to find something you want to make, and do it. Grab whatever tools get the job done. I think that's the best way to learn.

I want a Bunny Ranch in Mizzouri like they have in Vegas....

Then I recommend Lisp.

Thavage.

Ethel Thayer. Sounds like I'm lisping doesn't it.

 

[dblack]

What was the first you learned? Python? or something else such as SQL or html?

I played around with Basic (just "Basic") and command line, DOS and Unix scripts but didn't get serious until I started application programming in the unique languages they used. Eventually they matured and all use Python now. I also did a bunch of javascript, asp, aspx, and php to build some web sites. Good times. I can't recall how many OS I learned that don't exist anymore.

javascript is good to know. every interactive website uses it. Did you find it more difficult to learn than Python?

Hard to say, the Javascript I used was NOT the asynchronous stuff we have today. If I had to guess, I'd say Python is the easiest language (and the most useful) if only because it has the largest community behind it. It won't do everything great but it will do everything. A Swiss Army knife of a language.

Modern Javascript has moved far beyond its original purpose (scripting for web pages). The async-first mindset can make for some confusing code to a newb. It's also makes it possible to write some really bad code, that never-the-less, kinda-sorta works. Something like Ruby or Python might be a better place to start.

The real key is to find something you want to make, and do it. Grab whatever tools get the job done. I think that's the best way to learn.

I want a Bunny Ranch in Mizzouri like they have in Vegas....

Then I recommend Lisp.

Thavage.

Ethel Thayer. Sounds like I'm lisping doesn't it.

This is a fun one too: Whitespace (programming language) - Wikipedia
A coding language made up of entirely, and exclusively, spaces, tabs and linefeeds.

 

[Moonglow]

My last college class was for Windows '95 I figure he was making new versions faster than then you could get the class for credit.

 

[dblack]

Also, while not useful for learning a particular language, this book is an incredible way to build a "soup to nuts" understanding of how computers work. I recommend it highly, for newbs as well as experience coders.

The Elements of Computing Systems:... book by Noam Nisan

www.thriftbooks.com

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[JoeMoma]

I played around with BASIC in high school when the school got an Apple II E. First programming class I took used PL/1 and I had to use punch cards, no computer screen.

 

[Borillar]

I first learned BASIC. Then learned COBOL, FORTRAN, and PASCAL. Much later on I learned C and Perl.

Do you know C* or C++?

I know C++ but not Csharp. Picked up a bit of Ruby and Python too, but just enough to be dangerous... Also knew some assembly language from way back in the 8080 days.

 

[shoshi]

When Segei Bren and Larry Paige created google they said we will use Python where we can C++ where we must. Python is where you should start i say.