1. Re: QBasic/BASIC programmers learning Euphoria
At 01:55 PM 5/28/98 -0500, Norm Miller wrote:
>Alan,
>I found out that the easiest way to learn Euphoria, Java, Smalltalk and the
>like, is to FIRST learn at least the basics of C++. A fair working
>knowledge of C++ is way over half-way toward learnimg these languages as
>they are similarly based and it only takes a few hours to sit down and
>learn the differences. Once you know C++, you've got it made.
Good points, Norm. And really bad as well.
Why?
Because, frankly, many people who take a look at C just toss
the book/software/whatever and walk away. It's too scary.
I did that, after being a paid BASIC/COBOL/PASCAL programmer
for 10 years or more. Both Turbo C++ and Mix C went into that
great bit-bucket in the sky.
The problem here is, we're likely to lose a lot of people
who might otherwise become pretty good programmers (PGP!)
Regards,
Irv
visit my Euphoria programming archives:
http://www.mindspring.com/~mountains
