Re: Learning to Program
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I've never used punch cards, but I still regularly use fortran77. If anyone wants to talk about a pain-in-the-ass language, lol. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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I have programmed f77 almost every day for the last 3 years...god damn I hate fortran. As you say though, if your code has to be v. fast, fortran and c are still likely the best choices.
If absolute speed is not your goal then there are lots of languages that are easier and more *fun* to program in. Python, ruby, php etc. Perl is also a wonderful tool to have in your arsenal if you work in *nix environment.
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