On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 2:02 AM, Rodolfo Alcazar Portillo <nospaze@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I guess, yes, C would be good but do you agree that it is good over Python (for the beginners like me, having known the fact that programing principles are same)?
I am first time hearing this book name.
My first programming experience started with Coco-TRS80 basic. Then I
knew I will love computers.
But as amazed as I was, I was hungry to learn the guts of programming.
Lucky me, I was introduced to the Norton Pink Shirt Book. Wow. Learning
Pascal, Cobol and Fortran in one year, with 12 years old turned to be a
piece of cake. C would follow.
The book deals mainly with simple hardware of those ages and a little
bit of 8086 assembler, AFAIR. Knowing all of that, understanding Basic,
C or any programming paradigm turned to be easy for me.
Then I worked for 15 years. A couple of years ago, on vacation, I read
the "C Programming Language" by Brian W. Kernighan, Dennis M. Ritchie,
and made all exercises, just for fun. That's another beautiful book.
That's my history. I would advise to start from the low level: study a
bit of hardware, to be able to learn C or/and Assembler (low level
programming, maybe you can skip assembler, or just read some code).
After, enjoying high-level language programming (java, informix, perl,
php, python, etc.) will be your prize.
I guess, yes, C would be good but do you agree that it is good over Python (for the beginners like me, having known the fact that programing principles are same)?
(If anyone has a pdf copy of the Pink-Shirt Book, I would thank if
mailed, my original is 5000 miles away :)
Cheers!
I am first time hearing this book name.
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Regards,
Parshwa Murdia
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