Re: I have no programming experience. Would you recommend C?

in 715545 20070120 122146 "Malcolm McLean" <regniztar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"santosh" <santosh.k83@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
Enteng wrote:
Hi I'm thinking about learning C as my first programming language.
Would you recommend it?
Also how do you suggest that I learn it?What books/tutorials should I
read for someone like me?

It really depends on your flair. If you want to learn a powerful and
expressive yet simple language, which is also very popular, then C, (or
possibly C++), may be your choice.

If you want to go with a simpler language, perhaps more suited for
learning purposes, with lesser flexibility, perhaps you should consider
Pascal, Python, Haskell etc.

It's more important to stick with a choice, (once made), and get lots
of practise. For C, probably the best book for learning it may be "The
C Programming Language" second edition by Kernighan and Ritchie. This
group and it's FAQ are great resources too.

In the best circles, Lisp is the the language of choice for introductory
programming.

but that approach goes nowhere
.

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