>One thing I'd suggest looking into is Project Euler. It provides a<br>
great set of computation problems to work through<br><br>you beat me to it. sound like what i was looking for. One thing I'd suggest looking into is Project Euler. It provides a<br>
great set of computation problems to work through<br><br> on a side note, a really off topic side note, does anyone else have google malaysia as their homepage. i set my home page as <a href="http://www.google.com/">http://www.google.com/</a> and it still come up google malaysia. <br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 8:18 PM, Erik Mitchell <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:erik.mitchell@gmail.com">erik.mitchell@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
Samael,<br>
Don't worry too much about which language you're starting with. With<br>
that said, Python is a good place to start. Lower level languages like<br>
C and C++ are going to force you to deal with things like types and<br>
memory management that you don't really need to worry about when<br>
you're starting out programming.<br>
<br>
One thing I'd suggest looking into is Project Euler. It provides a<br>
great set of computation problems to work through, and you can do it<br>
in any language you like. Having real programming problems to work on<br>
helps because you're not paying as much attention to the language as<br>
you are figuring out how to solve the problem at hand.<br>
<br>
<a href="http://projecteuler.net/" target="_blank">http://projecteuler.net/</a><br>
<br>
Good luck.<br>
<br>
-Erik<br>
<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 3:42 PM, Samael <<a href="mailto:samael.anon@gmail.com">samael.anon@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> i threw python idle on my puter again. going to start there. this is the<br>
> best description i have seen. i bought learn java in 21 days about 7 years<br>
> ago. i didn't quite stick that one out. bye bye 50 bucks. appreciate the<br>
> insight on c++. i intend on learning c++, java, and perl eventually as i<br>
> see they are in the curriculum for the u of m's comp science degree.<br>
><br>
> On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 6:47 PM, <<a href="mailto:jeremy@lizakowski.com">jeremy@lizakowski.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> >i am in conflict about c c++ or java. no languages<br>
>> > taught yet. still starting out.<br>
>><br>
>> languages: its easiest to start with a language that is flexible. php,<br>
>> ruby, python, and javascript are decent choices. you can be writing<br>
>> programs in minutes.<br>
>><br>
>> Java is great to know, but usually better suited for big or well-defined<br>
>> projects. Very formal and organized. Used for android mobile development.<br>
>><br>
>> C++ is low level, and better suited for things close to hardware (writing<br>
>> hardware drivers etc). It can be remarkably difficult to debug.<br>
>><br>
>> There's also the newer languages, like erlang, scala, etc. There's always<br>
>> something new to learn.<br>
>><br>
>> Jeremy<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry<br>
>><br>
>> -----Original Message-----<br>
>> From: Samael <<a href="mailto:samael.anon@gmail.com">samael.anon@gmail.com</a>><br>
>> Sender: <a href="mailto:tclug-list-bounces@mn-linux.org">tclug-list-bounces@mn-linux.org</a><br>
>> Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 14:22:10<br>
>> To: TCLUG Mailing List<<a href="mailto:tclug-list@mn-linux.org">tclug-list@mn-linux.org</a>><br>
>> Reply-To: TCLUG Mailing List <<a href="mailto:tclug-list@mn-linux.org">tclug-list@mn-linux.org</a>><br>
>> Subject: Re: [tclug-list] mac<br>
>><br>
>> _______________________________________________<br>
>> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota<br>
>> <a href="mailto:tclug-list@mn-linux.org">tclug-list@mn-linux.org</a><br>
>> <a href="http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list" target="_blank">http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list</a><br>
>><br>
>> _______________________________________________<br>
>> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota<br>
>> <a href="mailto:tclug-list@mn-linux.org">tclug-list@mn-linux.org</a><br>
>> <a href="http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list" target="_blank">http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list</a><br>
><br>
><br>
> _______________________________________________<br>
> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota<br>
> <a href="mailto:tclug-list@mn-linux.org">tclug-list@mn-linux.org</a><br>
> <a href="http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list" target="_blank">http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list</a><br>
><br>
><br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
</div></div><font color="#888888">--<br>
Erik K. Mitchell -- Web Developer<br>
<a href="mailto:erik.mitchell@gmail.com">erik.mitchell@gmail.com</a><br>
<a href="mailto:erik@ekmitchell.com">erik@ekmitchell.com</a><br>
<a href="http://ekmitchell.com/" target="_blank">http://ekmitchell.com/</a><br>
</font><div><div></div><div class="h5">_______________________________________________<br>
TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota<br>
<a href="mailto:tclug-list@mn-linux.org">tclug-list@mn-linux.org</a><br>
<a href="http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list" target="_blank">http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list</a><br>
</div></div></blockquote></div><br>