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Subject: Re: languages
From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Andr=E9?= Ramos <andre.ramos@netcabo.pt>
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On Sat, 2003-02-08 at 05:39, northern snowfall wrote:
> >
> >
> >>what are the bbest three languages to learn?
> >>
> C, java and as many flavors of ASM as possible =)
> 
> >English, Chinese, and Latin.
> >
> >Of course, that does depend on what you're going to use them for.
> >
> Sysadmin / International Diplomat for the Preservation and Perpetuation of
> universal Freedom and Peace. Unless... electrons suddenly consolidate into
> terrorist cells... Oh wait... is that what a DoS attack is?
> Don

That's very arguable... While C might be a good starting point and Java
might teach you object orientation skills one might choose C++ over C or
even over Java. As for ASM, it gives you a good background over how a
computer works but it's not suitable for every programer.


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