Pascal... ahh the nostalgia...
Pascal is dead and righteously so. RIP
| Ferrous Moon http://www.ferrousmoon.com:80/forums/ |
|
| What (Programming) Languages do you Know? http://www.ferrousmoon.com:80/forums/viewtopic.php?f=52&t=580 |
Page 2 of 3 |
| Author: | Katana Steel [Sun Mar 26, 2006 5:02 pm ] |
| Post subject: | |
'97 - QBasic '97-99 HTML '00 - C '01 - PHP '01 - MySQL '02 - C++ '03 - nasm - Learning these are the major highlights also know are: BASH Perl TCL javascript java (a bit and I have no intentions of ever using it) CSS vbscript (out of cruel nessity) I seen Pascal but I couldn't find the logic in it ( I didn't look hard tho ). |
|
| Author: | GeneralSamov [Mon Mar 27, 2006 8:36 am ] |
| Post subject: | |
Pascal... ahh the nostalgia... Pascal is dead and righteously so. RIP |
|
| Author: | Burningmace [Mon Mar 27, 2006 12:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | |
Actually, no. Pascal is coming back. A lot of programming teachers want it bought in as a teaching language, like BASIC. Due to its more C-style syntax, it can be very easy to switch to C, C++, Java (or any other C-style syntax language) after it. So basically, they're digging up its corpse, removing the rotting flesh and giving it a makeover... good idea? I'm not sure. |
|
| Author: | GeneralSamov [Mon Mar 27, 2006 1:12 pm ] |
| Post subject: | |
Neither am I. It's old, and makes heavy use of inelegant functions like the beloved GOTO, apart from that I don't know exactly what kind of architecture it uses to compile it's programs.. bah nothing I'm going to use again, I suspect. |
|
| Author: | Burningmace [Mon Mar 27, 2006 3:49 pm ] |
| Post subject: | |
Nowdays, it's not one of those languages that you'd use for anything more than the learning process. Anything that's a mixture between BASIC and C is a good place to start, as you can go either way from there (VB or C++, then onto Java, Delphi, PHP, whatever - even something that's a wierd mixture of everything, like Python). It's one of those building blocks that (ususally alongside other basic languages) you can start to get a real grasp of programming. |
|
| Author: | ConstableBrew [Mon Mar 27, 2006 4:02 pm ] |
| Post subject: | |
I taught myself how to write spegetti code with QBasic. Then I took a class with pascal and the world opened before me. After that I took a visual basic and then a c++ class. I am very happy with having learned pascal first as it was wordy enough that I could grasp the concepts with ease. Once I had a working knowledge of how programming worked I was able to graduate into the more cryptic c++ (and to a lesser extend, visual basic.) Pascal is a good learning tool |
|
| Author: | davmonster [Mon Mar 27, 2006 4:50 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Python! :) |
The programming language that I recommend to people new to programming is Python. It rules, has nearly everything that a fully-featured language has, and is easy to learn. It also encourages good structure and commenting style. There is also a lot of online documentation for new Python programmers, and people new to programming in general, in the form of free e-books. |
|
| Author: | VITAS [Tue Mar 28, 2006 1:28 am ] |
| Post subject: | |
pascal -> delphi (and thts not dead) i told myself enough pascal in one hour to give a girl i wanted to get layed with to take lessons from me  (so pascal has still some use to me :>) i had to learn python in uni and hated it (nearly as much as java) damit you stupid sandbox thingy! <- thats for javain school we learned to code some stupid translated version of basic alled logo. (i remember to use qbasic instead and the whole class copying my homework which i did in biology. If something wasnt right the whole class had it wrong and i got a 4 in computer sience :/) btw basic has "Goto" too. nice pice of code: 10 goto 10 or in later versions: bla: goto bla hmm i think i typed my first basic line about 20 years ago and im a pro coder /gfx /webdesigner since 8 years. I also worked on the translation of windows me into german and was tech consultant on the win 2k whitepapers. normaly i dont do much coding except web stuff. Im more the gfx & admin guy but if you dont find someone doing it for you youve to code it yourself.  some notice for miah: WE NEED A FASTER SERVER: this one has more lag than my grandpa and hes 91 :/ |
|
| Author: | Burningmace [Wed Mar 29, 2006 4:35 am ] |
| Post subject: | |
Yes, but Goto is not used unless 100% needed, as it creates spaghetti code. Which is why ASM can be annoying to read, with all those JMPs and all. |
|
| Author: | VITAS [Wed Mar 29, 2006 12:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | |
hmm ok i used it but later switched to gosub
|
|
| Author: | Burningmace [Wed Mar 29, 2006 3:58 pm ] |
| Post subject: | |
Gosub is only used in BASIC, and was replaced by Call in VB. The difference between gosub and goto is that goto jumps to a line of code within a subroutine and gosub jumps to a specified subroutine. Goto isn't nice, because it makes code less compartmentalized. It is much better in terms of readability and execution, as spaghetti code (created by goto) can cause unwanted behaviour if used too much. |
|
| Author: | GeneralSamov [Thu Mar 30, 2006 4:27 am ] |
| Post subject: | |
Quote: hmm i think i typed my first basic line about 20 years ago
Either you're exaggerating a bit too much or you were a sad geek when you were 8   I had my first encounter with programming somewhere in high school, I was around 14/15 
|
|
| Author: | Miah [Thu Mar 30, 2006 11:27 am ] |
| Post subject: | |
Quote: Quote: hmm i think i typed my first basic line about 20 years ago
Either you're exaggerating a bit too much or you were a sad geek when you were 8 I had my first encounter with programming somewhere in high school, I was around 14/15 http://oldcomputers.net/ti994a.html Sexeh. Right. Programming languages? *inhales deeply* BASIC C C++ C# D J *wince* Java LISP Objective-C Pascal Perl PHP Python Q Tcl Visual Basic That's minus the other random crappy ones. Like the mIRC code. Nothing against it, it just serves no other purpose
|
|
| Author: | VITAS [Thu Mar 30, 2006 12:27 pm ] |
| Post subject: | |
whats Q & D? |
|
| Author: | ChaosR [Fri Mar 31, 2006 8:18 am ] |
| Post subject: | |
I got my first encounter with programming languages when i was 6. It was Qbasic (maybe this is your anwser VITAS). It didn't involve serious coding. It were only commands like cout and cin in C++ (don't know the exect commands anymore). After that I didn't try to code anything till I was 14 (the age i'm right now). And i'm still learning. I'm trying to make an IRC client with VB right now (yay, it connected yesterday for the first time). |
|
| Page 2 of 3 | All times are UTC-05:00 |
| Powered by phpBB © 2000, 2002, 2005, 2007 phpBB Group http://www.phpbb.com/ |
|