Subj : Re: Four Programming Questions
To   : comp.programming
From : akarl
Date : Mon Jul 11 2005 10:06 pm

W. D. Allen Sr. wrote:
> Question one: Which language (basic, C++, java, etc) is easiest for learning
> computer programming?

Oberon-2 (procedural/OOP) and/or Scheme (functional).

> Question Two: Which language is best for scientific programming?

I think the most *common* ones are C and FORTRAN.

> Question Three: Which language is best for web programming?

Client side or server side?

> Question Four: Which language is best for games programming?

Often the availability of libraries dictates the language choice. 
Moreover it depends on what kind of games you want do develop; computer 
demanding 3D games requires an efficient language, like Oberon-2 or C, 
with low level access to the computer.

-- August

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