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Re: Starting programming...

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Here is what I don't get, ...
Even though I helped write LV, I don't feel the need to defend it. Results speak for themselves.

Do carpenters sit around arguing about things such as ...
"I hate nails -- primitive noisy hammering -- I will never use anything but screws in my construction. "
"All that twisting, how inefficient. A few taps and I'm done."
"Hrumph! Both of you. Neither of them works well with stone, and everyone knows..."

Perhaps they do, but for some reason it seems to be more prevalent with people who call themselves programmers. Languages come and go. Of the dozen or so languages I learned in and before college, only one of them still gets a bit of occasional use. Meanwhile, the concepts, the analytical problem solving skills, and perhaps most importantly, the ability to communicate with others about problems and solutions are the things that are still quite useful.

The best way to start programming is to start and never stop.

Greg McKaskle

Last edited by Greg McKaskle : 20-05-2010 at 22:45. Reason: phrasing