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- From: markd@quantum.net (Mark)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: C vs Pascal
- Date: Fri, 02 Feb 1996 14:29:25 GMT
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- Lee Crites <mavericks@gnn.com> wrote:
-
- <snip>
-
- >>If the basic question is C or Pascal for a job, learn C. For the
- >>future learn C++ and Smalltalk.
-
- >At Computer Mavericks, we've used several languages in the past 12
- >months. At this moment, we are supporting programs/systems in Pascal
- >(BP7 TurboVision), c++, Pick, lisp, cobol, and pal.
-
- Of those, I see only 2 (C++ and COBOL) of any real value to place on a
- programmer's resume...
-
- >With that in mind, I always find comments like the 'seriously
- >misguided' one above to be somewhat humorous. I find that a good
- >number of the c programmers are becoming c-sick, starting to think
- >that the earth, moon, and stars, are all made of c.
-
- I wasn't proclaiming the virtues of C, and it wasn't intended as a
- joke. I stated a simple fact about what the marketplace is currently
- demanding. Anyone spending significant time learning Pascal vs. C to
- be marketable as a programmer today would be better off thinking the
- earth, moon and stars are made of C.
-
- < irrelevant stuff snipped...>
-
- >As for what language is the most intellegent to use, that is a
- >different story. *IF* you are going to limit yourself to only one
- >language, then that had better be cobol. I'd bet that there are
- >*still* more lines of cobol code floating around corporate computers
- >than c/c++ code.
-
- You're right, but the original topic was whether to learn C vs.
- Pascal for a job. I believe the question's been answered.
-
-