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Pragma · 03-15-2004, 08:52 PM

Well, the way people are taught programming languages now - Basic is never mentioned.

I was taught C first, then C++, Perl, then a host of other languages.

However, I think that most places are shifting the curriculum to Java. Either way, teaching your son C or Java will go a long ways:
C is very good as its fairly low-level (for a high-level language) - and won't go out of style any time soon because so much is written in it (Linux kernel, etc.).
Java is pretty much the current Object Oritented language to know - and its very portable.

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Pragma I am Winter Born Location: Alexandria, VA	Well, the way people are taught programming languages now - Basic is never mentioned. I was taught C first, then C++, Perl, then a host of other languages. However, I think that most places are shifting the curriculum to Java. Either way, teaching your son C or Java will go a long ways: C is very good as its fairly low-level (for a high-level language) - and won't go out of style any time soon because so much is written in it (Linux kernel, etc.). Java is pretty much the current Object Oritented language to know - and its very portable. __________________ Eat antimatter, Posleen-boy!