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- From: jeisenstein@wesleyan.edu (Jacob Eisenstein)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer,comp.sys.mac.programmer.help,comp.sys.mac.programmer.codewarrior,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.pascal.mac
- Subject: Re: Pascal or C++?
- Date: Sat, 27 Jan 1996 14:38:04 -0500
- Organization: Wesleyan University
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- In article <waldo-0801962038240001@dppp21.buffnet.net>, waldo@buffnet.net
- (Kevin Eye) wrote:
-
- > >: What's a good language to learn programming ?
- >
- > I'd have to say Think Pascal is good to learn and about the quickest to
- > throw together programs in (of the high level languages/compilers). Don't
-
- Actually, I've just begun to learn both Pascal and C++ in the last month,
- and I think they're of about equal difficulty. That said, I'd favor C++
- simply from the standpoint of how often you will want to use it in the
- future.
-
- > Don't use HyperCard ( It's great and a real advantage of a mac, but it won't
- > get you anywhere.) or BASIC.
-
- My preference is a lisp variant, Scheme. For Mac, get MacGambit. Scheme
- teaches good programming habits, and a lot of important basic concepts.
- Scheme will help you write good solid programs in other languages.
- Biggest disadvantage: it isn't used for anything besides teaching computer
- science. So if you want to be using a marketable language immediately,
- C++ is your best bet.
-
- -jacob
-