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- From: wmc@torpedo.uucp (Bill Cornette)
- Subject: Re: Switching from Fortran to C
- Message-ID: <1992Sep9.171045.21691@photon.uucp>
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- Organization: Photon Research Associates, Inc.
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- Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 17:10:45 GMT
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- john@aquarius.unm.edu (John Prentice) writes:
- : In article <1992Sep8.223138.4077@Comtech.com> syo@Comtech.com (Sinan Y. Othman) writes:
- : >I am an experienced Fortran programmer who, after considerable resistance,
- : >finally decided to switch to C. I would like to hear from others out there
- : >who are, or have gone through, a similar process.
- : >
- :
- : Let me one of the first and make a couple comments. First, don't look at
- : it was a "switch". A better attitude is that you are broadening your
- : horizons to include languages in addition to Fortran. Once you know
- : more than one, you can choose the right one for each job, instead of being
- : limited by your ignorance. The other comment I would make is to learn
- : C fast and then head on to C++. C has alot of weaknesses, some of which
- : are fixed in C++. In addition, with C++ you get an object oriented
- : language and that is a programming paradigm well worth exploring. In any
- : case, enjoy! Learning something new is always a great experience! My
- : two cents worth :-) .
-
- I agree with the above, and would like to bring to your attention
- a book by James F. Kerrigan, 'From Fortran to C' from Windcrest/McGraw-Hill.
- Although the idea of learning a new language from scratch is nice, it is
- usually started by relating to analogies in the language with which you
- are most familiar (language of birth :) ).
-