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Article #697Re: beginner
From: Ivan Marsh
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 23:29
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 23:29
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On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 17:57:43 -0500, Tom Lake wrote: >>>I am very interested in learning programming. However I am having >>>trouble starting, I need advice as to which language would be the best >>>for a beginner to start with and where I may find the tools needed to >>>start.......literature.....compilers...etc. >>> >>>Thanks in advance >>>Ben > > BASIC is still a great language for an easy introduction to programming. > One super version is at: Ick... I, unfortunately, learned BASIC as my first language. Don't bother learning all those things you will have to unlearn. If you start with a language with a global variable scope, no functions and is built around using goto you're going to have a hard time making the transition to a language that thinks all of those things are blaspheme. As others have said, start with C/C++ or Java. Your first programs don't have to be overly complicated and everything you learn in a C-like language translates to every other C-like language out there. Once you get the logic behind loops and conditional statements it's all about syntax, no matter what language you're using.
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