From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 18 22:38:58 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4875337B401 for ; Tue, 18 Feb 2003 22:38:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from post-21.mail.nl.demon.net (post-21.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F3BD43F75 for ; Tue, 18 Feb 2003 22:38:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cls@raggedclown.net) Received: from [212.238.197.102] (helo=mailhost.raggedclown.net) by post-21.mail.nl.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 18lNsd-0003pk-00 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Wed, 19 Feb 2003 06:38:55 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailhost.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mail Gateway [dawn]) with ESMTP id B0921C6C3 for ; Wed, 19 Feb 2003 07:38:54 +0100 (CET) Received: from willow.raggedclown.net (willow.raggedclown.intra [192.168.1.10]) by mailhost.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mail Gateway [dawn]) with ESMTP id 1E0F219D6 for ; Wed, 19 Feb 2003 07:38:45 +0100 (CET) Received: by willow.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Host [willow], from userid 1009) id 37B812259B; Wed, 19 Feb 2003 07:38:45 +0100 (CET) Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 07:38:45 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: question Message-ID: <20030219063845.GB3589@raggedclown.net> References: <200302181602.AA349831898@altima.net> <20030218162019.V75422-100000@diana.northnetworks.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030218162019.V75422-100000@diana.northnetworks.ca> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS 0.3.12pre8 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Feb 18, 2003 at 04:28:14PM -0500, IAccounts wrote: > > is java or javascript goods languages to learn? > > if no what is the best language to start with, the second and the third > > thank you for your answer > > Depends on what you want to learn. > > Perl: Extremely flexible text string manipulation features and scripting > features. Relatively easy to learn. > > c++: Cross platform across several (all?) OS's. Extremely powerful, can be > extremely confusing with it's pointers and references. Most programs for > unix are written in this language. > Mmm. Not true. Most programs for Unix are written in C :) C++ is popular however. -- Regards Cliff Sarginson The Netherlands [ This mail has been checked as virus-free ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message