[geeks] Java as a first language

[kevin marshall]

I had considered assembler in the past (and may well do so now).
Thanks.

On Nov 10, 2006 03:25 PM, Sridhar Ayengar <ploopster at gmail.com>
wrote:

> kevin marshall wrote:
> > C seemed like a decent choice for me because i deal with
> > *nix/CLI
> > stuff more often than not. Plus, as you mentioned, i do
> > compile
> > lots of OSS stuff and a great deal of it needs tweaking to
> > get it
> > to compile cleanly. However, i had always heard that C was a
> > bad
> > language to start with because it would teach bad habits.
> 
> C doesn't do self-modifying code that well. Whether that's a
> good thing
> or a bad thing is up to you. If you think it's a good thing,
> playing
> with self-modifying code in an assembler might help you explore
> your
> opinion in detail.
> 
> I consider it a bad thing. In my case, assembler's aptitude in
> dealing
> with self-modifying code was a turn-on.
> 
> > Not that it's of any consequence, but doesn't SmallTalk
> > pre-date
> > C?
> 
> If it does, it isn't by much. They're both children of the
> '70s.
> 
> Peace...  Sridhar
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