Re: What lang(s) to learn?

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From: Phillip Haines
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 00:00

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Dmitri Alperovitch wrote:

> [snip]
> Yes, QuickBasic and Turbo Pascal are great to be learning programming
> with, but if you want to learn programming just to get a job (and not as
> much because of personal interest), 
> [snip]

It is better to learn to walk before you run. If you want to learn to
program then use Pascal, or Modula-2. These provide a good understanding
of algorithms and data structures, then you should move onto the more
commercial languages.

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From: Phillip Haines <p.haines@student.canterbury.ac.nz>
Subject: Re: What lang(s) to learn?
Date: 1997/03/13
Message-ID: <33274819.1705@student.canterbury.ac.nz>
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