Sup /prog/, I want to learn a language. I'm thinking something fairly simple to start off with like PHP but I hear alot of people saying it's shit. I'll be learning on my own from a reference book plus ebooks I can find.
So what would be a good language for a beginner to master before progressing to something more complex.
Thanks!
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Anonymous2009-02-17 5:14
Yes, learn C. That way you can pretend computer software engineering hasn't had any advances in the last 20 years. Programming like its 1989 is how people really learn.
The once you "know" programming, you can struggle for a month to re-implement the most basic of shit.
Think of it like this. Lets say you want to be a chef. Learning C is like learning how to build the machines in the factory that process your food while learning how to do it all by hand. Its like learning to build flour mills and food processors and such. Knowing how to do that means you will be the best chef ever.
Learning a real language is like learning how to be a chef, when your goal is to become a chef.