i was thinking along the lines of pascal or c i don't want to use apple or any form of it and besides i have a ibm compatible which do you think is better thanx for all your responses they've helped somewhat what is wrong with pascal or c please enclose all things that i should take in to consideration much appreciative josh _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]
The problem with C or pascal is that it requires quite a bit of punctuation such as: braces {} parentheses () and semicolons ; Since your keyboard seems to be missing even a period, programming in C may be a bit difficult... Sorry. Couldn't resist. On Fri, 22 May 1998 15:25:42 -0600 josh434@juno.com (josh d smith) writes:
i was thinking along the lines of pascal or c i don't want to use apple or any form of it and besides i have a ibm compatible which do you think is better thanx for all your responses they've helped somewhat what is wrong with pascal or c please enclose all things that i should take in to consideration much appreciative josh
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On Fri, 22 May 1998, josh d smith wrote:
i was thinking along the lines of pascal or c
what is wrong with pascal or c please enclose all things that i should take in to consideration
Neither has an ON GOTO command. I mean, this feature is decades old! Jeez, you'd think they'd have one by now. At least, we have FORTRAN's arithmetic IF. How can you write a good text adventure game without an ON GOTO? Seriously, I think ANSI C would be more universal, and less anal-retentive than Pascal. Pascal was designed by a Nazi Fascist who wanted all programmers to sit up straight in their chairs and keep their office supplies carefully arranged. Real computer programming isn't office supplies and sitting up straight. It's slouching, poorly-ventilated basements, and 20 half-empty cans of Barq's root beer. So program in C. Although the examples in Wayner's _Disappearing Cryptography_ are written in pascal and lisp. I guess I recommend learning as many languages as possible, but prepare to use C more than any other.
much appreciative josh
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