Re: Back in the Saddle

From: tschibasch <tschibasch_at_yahoo.com_at_hypermail.org>
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 16:33:59 -0000

--- In OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_yahoogroups.com, Joy McCann
<jmmccann_at_...> wrote:
>
> Which brings up the issue of what computer language I should learn that
> would be good if I'm working on a magazine geared toward end-users with
> a passion for gadgets.

I would recommend Perl. It's a good starter language, and similar to
other important ones out there. Even if you learn Perl and eventually
use something else, you'll have gotten some idea of how programming
languages work.

> Keep in mind I wish I'd learned Spanish, French, German, and Russian,
> but there was some idea I ought to study for those subjects, and I just
> couldn't bring myself to do such a thing. I'm not built for it, you
> know.

Well, it' would be a silly waste of time to learn those. When you
travel to Europe, everyone speaks English, anyway. ;-)

John
Received on 2006-04-11 09:35:33