[Gllug] Logo as a first language

[Ian Norton]

On Fri, Mar 04, 2005 at 11:09:34AM +0000, Tethys wrote:
> 
> Ian Norton writes:
> 
> >If I were starting today, I would probably like to start with a
> >shell scripting language like csh. from there the launch to perl
> >or C arent that painful.
> 
> csh isn't a shell scripting language. It's a horrible nightmare.
> It's fine for interactive use, but stick to sh or ksh for scripting.
> I'm also not convinced that any of the common shell scripting languages
> make for a good first langauge. There are too many bad habits to get
> into that would hinder you later.

Most of us have at least one language we hate :-). For me it would have to be
tcl (cant exactly say why, just doesnt have the right feel)


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Ian Norton-Badrul

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