On Fri, 17 Dec 2010 15:04:30 +0530 Parshwa Murdia <b330bkn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 2:02 AM, Rodolfo Alcazar Portillo <nospaze@xxxxxxxxx > > wrote: > > My first programming experience started with Coco-TRS80 basic. Then I > > knew I will love computers. > > > > But as amazed as I was, I was hungry to learn the guts of programming. > > Lucky me, I was introduced to the Norton Pink Shirt Book. Wow. Learning > > Pascal, Cobol and Fortran in one year, with 12 years old turned to be a > > piece of cake. C would follow. > > > > The book deals mainly with simple hardware of those ages and a little > > bit of 8086 assembler, AFAIR. Knowing all of that, understanding Basic, > > C or any programming paradigm turned to be easy for me. > > > > Then I worked for 15 years. A couple of years ago, on vacation, I read > > the "C Programming Language" by Brian W. Kernighan, Dennis M. Ritchie, > > and made all exercises, just for fun. That's another beautiful book. > > > > That's my history. I would advise to start from the low level: study a > > bit of hardware, to be able to learn C or/and Assembler (low level > > programming, maybe you can skip assembler, or just read some code). > > After, enjoying high-level language programming (java, informix, perl, > > php, python, etc.) will be your prize. > > > > > I guess, yes, C would be good but do you agree that it is good over Python > (for the beginners like me, having known the fact that programing principles > are same)? > > > (If anyone has a pdf copy of the Pink-Shirt Book, I would thank if > > mailed, my original is 5000 miles away :) > > > > Cheers! > > > > > I am first time hearing this book name. > > Bible: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algorithms_%2B_Data_Structures_%3D_Programs BR, Bob -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
