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Hey Guys,
It's all "bloatware"....................learn pure assembly language....gets you closer to the b** ( yes Undertaker........first bottle still to take effect :) ) beast?
I am very archaic, but DOS is also worth knowing.......simple languages before complicated I say.
Just my 500 lei worth ( had a few beers with a Rumanian friend earlier :) )
Cheers
LOL. With VB you can build a simple database and all the input forms in about 30 minutes. Would take a year or two in assembly. ;)
nihil: Assembly might be the fastest language around (except for pure machine code, but I don't think anyone programs in that anymore!), but it's not portable and is much harder to learn than C++.
Realistically, if you want to be a programmer nowadays (by that I mean creating actual applications, putting web-based stuff with PHP aside for the moment), you would be best off learning either C++, Delphi, VB or Java (which, btw, is spelt all lowercase apart from the first letter - it's not an acronym).
Hi guys!
I am 50+ years old...cut my first code in 1970............IBM 360............80 column punched cards................sure I know that pure assembler is hard...might teach youngsters how to learn though?
just my £0.02 worth of crap anyways?
have a good day/ night wherever you are
OUY! DOD, you said "Take a look at DEVC++" not "Take a look at the code for DEVC++", you have to be more clear.... And, fyi, most of the time, i do my research before i ask something....
OMG, you go as far back as programming with punch cards?? WOW, i never actually met a person that has had to use punch cards before... My dad told me about them, musta been a pain in the ass, eh?? :P
I thought that was understood in the context of the thread. It was about Delphi. And DevC++ is written in Delphi... see? I'll make sure to spell it out for you next time :)Quote:
OUY! DOD, you said "Take a look at DEVC++" not "Take a look at the code for DEVC++", you have to be more clear.... And, fyi, most of the time, i do my research before i ask something....
come on...play nice
i picked up a copy of delphi last week and im pretty excited about it even though there hasn't been much time to screw around with it. Although you couldn't prove it by me, delphi's designed to be evan easier than vb. its interface is familiar after working with vb and i really like the idea of making apps that dont require a 10meg install.
so being as you started this ruckus Otis...whats your feelings on it
Well, i did state my feelings on delphi in the first post, i believe, but i do like the fact that it is pretty easy, and the MAJOR thing that makes me happy/horney/whatever, is the fact that it dont require runtimes... That is the main point i make to people who are deciding to, or are programming in VB....
I already know a bit of VB, because i started to learn, then switched to delphi, but i have to learn it even mre, cause my college uses VB :( Anyways, i may be able to get some education on using API.... :D cause API is pretty close to the same in every program (its use is)
After college, imma wrap it up with delphi, and learn some CPP, cause CPP is used alot more in the business world :D... I also heard that JAVA will be "taking off" and that it wud be worthwile to learn.... (i already know intermediate JAVA from highschool (if i havent forgot it already))
I & our developers at work are using Kylix (Delphi for Linux) to write an EPoS system.
The language is powerful & easy to use, but I find the IDE a little buggy
Steve
Yeah I agree with Steve it is a little buggy. Still love it though. People who know pascal should really love it, it's object based pascal.