What programming language to learn first?

[BlueAcolyte]

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: Modelworks
When I went to school you learned ASM before anything else.

For the CS people at my university:

C++, then Assembly (when I went through that portion, it was Intel 386 assembly, now it is Motorola 68K), then others...

I actually transferred to my current university when I switched to CS because (aside from various personal reasons) my old university was a "Java trade school" (judging from reading over the curriculum).

 

[Net]

fortran

 

[mcmilljb]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh

Originally posted by: Modelworks
When I went to school you learned ASM before anything else.

For the CS people at my university:

C++, then Assembly (when I went through that portion, it was Intel 386 assembly, now it is Motorola 68K), then others...

I actually transferred to my current university when I switched to CS because (aside from various personal reasons) my old university was a "Java trade school" (judging from reading over the curriculum).

I had to do Motorola 68K too! They still use it, and Intel sponsors our EE Department's Signal Integrity Program! I figured they would switch to x86 to get some funds and help place some graduates at their facility across town, but sadly they have not.

 

[Journer]

honestly, i suggest a more complicated language. C++ is a good start. Once you learn the concept and how syntax works it's not bad. Then when you want to pick up other languages it is simple, just learn the syntax and the libs and your good to go. I learn C++ as my first, then java, then vb and c#. all i really had to do is figure out what libraries do what and the syntax differences, thats it.

also, i'd start of with console programming then move onto windows.

 

[hans007]

i suppose it depends on how skilled you are now.

i think c++ is a good foundation for basically everything else out there. but i am not sure how much you'll figure out in a month.

also i'm from LA and its nearly summer. are you kidding me? theres tons to do. unless yo uare like 10 years old.

 

[IronWing]

Originally posted by: BlueAcolyte

I love LabView too!

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

Scheme?

 

[hooflung]

posting in a python thread

 

[BigPoppa]

Originally posted by: IHateMyJob2004
Scheme?

Do you want him to hate life for the month? Scheme is/was the language for the Intro to CS class at Georgia Tech. It seriously made me hate life. I feel the only useful stuff I got out of (and admittedly it was very useful) were things like lists and binary tree parsing. Its not a good beginner language.