On 11/4/06, Paul Smith <phhs80@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Dear All I am looking for an easy and powerful programming language to start programming. Any recommendations? Thanks in advance, Paul -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
What are you looking at developing? That could influence what people would recommend to you. You may not need a "powerful" programming language, just an easy one with lots of good libraries to make life easy. I've toyed with Perl a bit and it seems nice. Python is suppose to be pretty decent also. But your needs might be better met by a browser application so java, php, mysql or something similar my better suit your needs. Bash scripting is "powerful" in that it can leverage the power of Linux command line tools quite easily. Is portability an issue (i.e. run on Windows & Macs as well as Linux)? Do you plan to write device drivers (I don't imagine if you are looking at starting in programming, but one never assumes)? Many of the popular languages are powerful. And where they lack power, they can all upon a function written in another language. For people to give you advice more suited to your needs, you need to state your needs. Happy coding, Jacques B.
