Hello everyone (23)

1 Name: #!/usr/bin/anonymous : 2008-04-29 01:04 ID:x/6d0Dsb

Hi everybody.

I was wondering if anyone had any opinions as to what the best language would be to learn as an absolute n00b. I know the very basics of HTML, but I think I would be interested in Visual Basics. Help Please?

2 Name: #!/usr/bin/anonymous : 2008-04-29 01:34 ID:L+Rf4Td2

I would say C is a good choice for starting programming. It might be a bit low level, but I think it's good for learning. I don't suggest starting with lisp, as other people might suggest. Pascal, too, is a good language to start with.

The reason I say C is too low level is because you can easily get segfaults, and weird things like not being able to do a case analysis on strings.

3 Name: #!/usr/bin/anonymous : 2008-04-29 02:16 ID:Heaven

python

also http://4-ch.net/code/kareha.pl/1109963434

4 Name: #!/usr/bin/anonymous : 2008-04-29 03:02 ID:Heaven

LEARN THE SICP.

5 Name: #!/usr/bin/anonymous : 2008-04-29 11:41 ID:Heaven

>>4
This is not /prog/.

6 Name: #!/usr/bin/anonymous : 2008-04-29 12:34 ID:mibOnsCV

i want to put in a vote for ruby because it's pretty straightforward and fun. you get instant results via the repl irb.

but yeah, you have to learn c sometime too.

7 Name: #!/usr/bin/anonymous : 2008-04-29 13:56 ID:Hn61EoNb

One word, two syllables: VimScript.

8 Name: #!/usr/bin/anonymous : 2008-04-29 14:00 ID:mibOnsCV

lol, oh god no.

9 Name: #!/usr/bin/anonymous : 2008-04-29 14:21 ID:Heaven

>>1
Anything in particular that makes you think you're special and you deserve to be answered a question asked a million times before by people in similar situations?

10 Name: #!/usr/bin/anonymous : 2008-04-29 14:43 ID:4QnK1vmf

Basics of HTML aren't quite useful, but it is good to remember few tags for general use and simple pages. Unless you're going for web page writing, you won't use HTML much.
Python is good for starters and it's pretty clear. Learn some C as well.
also >>2

11 Name: #!/usr/bin/anonymous : 2008-04-29 15:09 ID:dqItowYq

PHP

12 Name: #!/usr/bin/anonymous : 2008-04-30 11:24 ID:ujfPxnuL

Anything but PHP.

13 Name: #!/usr/bin/anonymous : 2008-04-30 13:33 ID:Heaven

HTML is not a programming language.

14 Name: #!/usr/bin/anonymous : 2008-05-02 00:47 ID:6AlSpjyo

Successful troll is successful.

15 Name: #!/usr/bin/anonymous : 2008-05-02 15:30 ID:mLrBWItv

The Algorithmic Language Scheme

16 Name: #!/usr/bin/anonymous : 2008-05-02 21:09 ID:JV/gVSxk

Python is excellent to learn

17 Name: #!/usr/bin/anonymous : 2008-05-03 01:07 ID:C3J/0/Gv

anything but python

18 Name: #!/usr/bin/anonymous : 2008-05-03 03:24 ID:Heaven

>>17
Why? Unless you're just saying this because of >>11,12, do tell why Python is a bad language for a starting programmer to learn.

19 Name: #!/usr/bin/anonymous : 2008-05-03 15:23 ID:Heaven

I guess python. It has a lot of documentation, is extremely popular right now, runs on everything, super-friendly + powerful interpreter, easy to read, and practical. I just can't stand the name, python is just a really gay sounding name and the fact that its named after monty python makes it worse. plus the authors name is guido, which sucks too. guido python just doesnt cut it for me.
go with scheme.

20 Name: #!/usr/bin/anonymous : 2008-05-03 16:02 ID:Heaven

Recommending scheme to a noob is like giving a pot of caviar to a starving man. He's a noob! He wants to learn, not write beautiful 10 line programs for calculating laplace's fifth postulate of the quasi-monadic p-manifold modulus equation. Give the man some bread! By which I mean learn python.

21 Name: #!/usr/bin/anonymous : 2008-05-04 03:05 ID:Heaven

>>20
Saved to ~/text/fortunes.

22 Name: #!/usr/bin/anonymous : 2008-05-04 13:35 ID:Heaven

>>21

Is there a script to pull down 4-ch posts to use as fortunes? I know someone did a ruby app for bash.org quotes.

23 Name: #!/usr/bin/anonymous : 2008-05-06 12:49 ID:Heaven

>>22
We could write one. do you mean like, randomly choose a post and print it?

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