On Sun, Nov 16, 2003 at 08:45:51PM +0800, David Palmer wrote:
> I thought that I might make a beginning at learning. I've searched
> the web, found information that goes beyond the definition of
> plethora, so I thought that I'd ask here.
C is useful, stable, has a huge following. C++ is useful, changing, and
has a huge following. You will most likely find people who know C than
C++, and you will often find C++ programmers who write mostly C style
code within C++.
Perl and Python have different histories. Perl was an evolutionary
language whose origin was to replace sed and awk. Python was written as
a full-fledged programming language and benefits from this consistency.
(Can you tell which one I prefer?) Perl has its usefulness, but I often
hear of complaints over maintability when it is use in large projects.
You won't find that in Python.
> I've already decided to use Vim, steep learning curve apparently, but
> comprehensive functionality when you get there. Also extended
> capability with lots of plugins.
Good choice. Can't go wrong with learning vi and vim.
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Chad Walstrom <chewie@wookimus.net> http://www.wookimus.net/
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