🚀 go-pugleaf

From what I have been following in this thread you have been given
good advice for the most part.  I would like to add a few comments
that may help you get on your way.

The discussion mentions Borland C++.  You may not know that this is
also known as Turbo C/C++.  The Turbo version is adequate to learn on
and is quite a bit cheaper.  The full Borland version provides a full
environment for professional programmers.  The Turbo C can often be
had inexpensively in the used market, going rate about $25, by people
that are moving to C++.  Version 2 is excellent and supports all that
you need to get going.

Of course if you want to think about things as objects you'll need to 
grab Turbo C++.  In this case buy a new one.  You probably don't want
the down level versions.  The Borland/Turbo products have an integrated
programming environment that is excellent for beginners.

With regard to Fortran.  When you code in C you will find that some
math expressions are not deterministic since the optimizer may rearrange
things.  You may have to break the statement into pieces to get the 
answer you want.  Other than that they should both be equally accurate.
Fortran is probably easier to learn since you don't have to deal with
pointers and scoping problems which are the most difficult C issues.

To speed up your learning buy a book that has an available disk of the
programs in the book and then buy the disk.  It will save you lots of
time.  Also read the manuals that come with the software that you buy.
Don't buy used software without full manuals.

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