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


"Chris Hills" <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

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

Well that is a silly statement to make and completely un provable. (It is
also wrong)

The Ivy League universities generally use Lisp as a first programming
language for teaching introductory computer science. American readers will
no doubt give exact details.


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