Re: [NF] Which Programming Language Should I Learn?

-- Alan Bourke alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm On Fri, 17 Jun 2016, at 06:21 PM, Kurt Wendt wrote: > Yeah - I started on an Apple II doing BASIC in 1980. Dabbled in BASIC for > years - then 'fell in love' with TurboPascal. > > I'm still doing VFP. But, at my job - they are Pushing me Seriously to > get on-board w/.Net - and either learn VB or C#. > > So - I gotta get crackin' and start watching some video tutorials - and > get my head wrapped around a new language... > > Regards, > Kurt Wendt > Senior Systems Analyst > > > Tel. +1-212-747-9100 > www.GlobeTax.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-bounces@leafe.com] On Behalf Of John > R. Sowden > Sent: Friday, June 17, 2016 1:16 PM > To: profoxtech@leafe.com > Subject: Re: [NF] Which Programming Language Should I Learn? > > This is interesting. When I started with computers in 1977 (TRS-80 Model > I), I was the target market for computers, software, etc. I am a small > businessperson who invested time and energy into using computers. > I loved it! Now, I am not recognized at all. Either I use canned > software (gnucash, a quicken wanna be), an Office Program (Libre Office), > etc. or I am a "developer" earning a living writing code for others. > Neither apply. I have been writing in dBASE II, dBXL, Foxbase, > FoxPro/DOS (Visual Foxpro 5.0, never worked (not enough memory error with > more than enough memory)). Now I am trying Pure Basic. I wonder what > happened to the rest of us. > > John > > > On 06/17/2016 09:54 AM, Gene Wirchenko wrote: > > At 09:18 2016-06-17, Alan Bourke alanpbourke@fastmail.fm wrote: > >> With added Lord Of The Rings comparisions. > >> > >> http://carlcheo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/which-programming-lang > >> uage-should-i-learn-first-infographic.png > >> > > > > It made for a break from all the shooting-yourself-in-the-foot > > comparisons. > > > > Sincerely, > > > > Gene Wirchenko > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server]