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they say C++ can be really complicated, so you start with an easy one to get the basics quicker
imo, i learned pascal as my first real programing language (well, scripting language for soldat server) (excluding things like TI's calculator language ) and that came in handy when starting to work w/ php; php then came in handy when I started working with C++
Quote from: a-4-year-old on August 16, 2008, 09:52:14 pmthey say C++ can be really complicated, so you start with an easy one to get the basics quickerLike what?
Quote from: MyiEye on August 16, 2008, 11:32:11 pmQuote from: a-4-year-old on August 16, 2008, 09:52:14 pmthey say C++ can be really complicated, so you start with an easy one to get the basics quickerLike what?Visual basic, python, just off the top of my head. im sure theres people around here who can shed more light on this for you.When you first start, all you can do is momentarily make a pretty pooty calculator out of your computer, but if you stick with it you can do all those cool things you're dreaming of.
Don't learn Visual Basic. It's a dead obsolete language that's almost never used ever. Only knowing php won't help you that much since it can only work with dynamic websites and doesn't encourage good programming habits. I agree with what FLAB and Mar said.Taking a glance at pascal before you look at python or c++ would probably be helpful. It's extremely simple and was pretty much created for the purpose of teaching good programming habits. Looking at some of Soldat's Server Scripts would be a great place to get a feel for what pascal is like. Pascal isn't very useful in the real world, however. While learning it will teach you useful things, it's barely used at all right now.
Impressing the girls?
Quote from: 8th_account on August 17, 2008, 05:24:31 pmImpressing the girls?We all know how that turned out for jrgp
Well, from personal experience, Latina chicks usually are the most horny out of them all. I had this girl on my bus who begged me every day to let me come over to her house so she could feck me. She was always making lip motions on the bus, the kind like she was pretending to blow me.Luckily, I had enough self control and maturity to take one look and label her a skank who's not worthy of my male prowess. I just ignored her.But if all you want is sex, go with one of them. They're hot as hell and always wanting more.
Quote from: a-4-year-old on August 17, 2008, 05:41:27 pmQuote from: 8th_account on August 17, 2008, 05:24:31 pmImpressing the girls?We all know how that turned out for jrgpLearn C++, get Quote from: jrgp on July 28, 2008, 03:42:34 pmWell, from personal experience, Latina chicks usually are the most horny out of them all. I had this girl on my bus who begged me every day to let me come over to her house so she could feck me. She was always making lip motions on the bus, the kind like she was pretending to blow me.Luckily, I had enough self control and maturity to take one look and label her a skank who's not worthy of my male prowess. I just ignored her.But if all you want is sex, go with one of them. They're hot as hell and always wanting more.
Seems quite strange to want to know a programming language just for the hell of it. What do you hope to achieve by it, a future job? Impressing the girls?Anyhoo... if your ultimate goal is to learn C++ and want to start easy then I'd definitely recommend Java. Its syntax is very similar and the language itself enforces good and type-safe programming habbits, as well as teaching about object orientation.
Java is a very useful language. It will land you a job pretty quickly and as someone else said, C++ is the ultimate goal and java has it's similarities. Learn it.CSS and HTML are not programming languages. They are markup languages. Instead of dealing with logical statements and decisions, they are for organization and presentation of data / media.Ruby is pretty worthless compared to python. They are both interpreted scripting languages, but python is far superior. That is because ruby is extremely slow and not portable or scalable. Python is.I suggest you go with Java. There are billions of tutorials everywhere. Also, if you have questions, get in irc on quakenet and join #soldat.devs. People are there who can help you and answer questions.
Quote from: jrgp on August 17, 2008, 07:05:54 pmJava is a very useful language. It will land you a job pretty quickly and as someone else said, C++ is the ultimate goal and java has it's similarities. Learn it.CSS and HTML are not programming languages. They are markup languages. Instead of dealing with logical statements and decisions, they are for organization and presentation of data / media.Ruby is pretty worthless compared to python. They are both interpreted scripting languages, but python is far superior. That is because ruby is extremely slow and not portable or scalable. Python is.I suggest you go with Java. There are billions of tutorials everywhere. Also, if you have questions, get in irc on quakenet and join #soldat.devs. People are there who can help you and answer questions.Sounds pretty good so JAVA it'll probably be. Now I suppose a book would be the obvious source for teaching myself. Should a make sure I get a book that was written after year X? Was there a year when JAVA was dramaticly changed? I heard that this occured for C++ around 1999. Anyway if this is true than approximately what would X be? And does anyone have some good suggestions for booksI've found this: Getting Started : Java Glossary, which seems pretty promising. Anyways, if you don't mind....what do you thinkDate Posted: August 17, 2008, 09:03:45 pmIs EJB Java?
