free programming language

[Ameer Armaly]

Very true.  I just wrote my first little sample program last night, and I
did make a few errors, and it told me what I'd done.  Other languages like
jfw script do the same.
----- Original Message -----
From: <jwantz at hpcc2.hpcc.noaa.gov>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 9:56 AM
Subject: Re: free programming language


> Hi Ron,
> I don't understand what you are saying.  About an IDE.  How does an IDE
> change the underlying language?  A nice thing about a good IDE is that
> it has all of the advantages of an interpreted language with none of the
> drawbacks.  You get almost immediate notification of errors along in
> some cases the ability to get detailed explanations of the errors.
> On Sun,
> 10 Mar 2002, Ron Marriage wrote:
>
> > Having taught programming languages for over 30 years, I
> > figure to weigh in with my own 2 cents.
> >
> > First off, if you don't know a programming language now,
> > forget about the compilers, IDEs, etc.
> > You don't want to learn an IDE you want to know how to
> > program.  The skills that you learn will transfer to most
> > other languages.
> >
> > Basic is available in many flavors, pick one, so it's
> > interpreted, why should you care.  Believe it or not you
> > won't develope the newest MS office suite with it or with
> > any language you start out with.
> >
> > What you can learn though even with an interpreted language
> > is logic, methodology, and a background that will carry over
> > to more advanced languages, where you will have the chance
> > of doing something worthwhile.
> >
> > Tie yourself to an IDE now and you won't learn programming
> > ever.  You also won't develope anything more than what you
> > can do by pushing buttons.  An IDE is good only after you
> > learn how to program.
> >
> > Get basic, play with it a while, then try C or some other
> > higher language.
> >
> > Lots of languages out there and most work great for specific
> > things. Not eveything is done in C.
> >
> > After you have some basic skills, decide what it is that you
> > want to do.  You might realize then that the language you
> > want is much easier to decide upon.
> >
> > Ron
> >
> >
> >
> > Alex Snow wrote:
> > >
> > > I would use, and want to learn, basic, if there was a free Compiler
and/or
> > > IDE for basic under winblows.
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Gregory Nowak" <gnowak1 at uic.edu>
> > > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> > > Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2002 2:56 PM
> > > Subject: Re: free programming language
> > >
> > > > How about BASIC?
> > > > Greg
> >
> >
>
>
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