Subj : Re: Four Programming Questions To : comp.programming From : Gerry Quinn Date : Wed Jul 13 2005 03:22 pm In article <1121181554.878999.143020@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com>, jimmaureenrogers@worldnet.att.net says... > Gerry Quinn wrote: > > In article , ballensr@adelphia.net > > says... > > > Question one: Which language (basic, C++, java, etc) is easiest for learning > > > computer programming? > > > > Probably a traditional Basic. > > Basic is certainly easy to learn. It also supports and somewhat > encourages bad programming practices. Modularity is very difficult > in traditional Basic. Compound data types, other than arrays, > are not allowed in traditional Basic. The dreaded "goto" is almost > required in traditional Basic. When I say 'traditional' I don't mean 'archaic'. I mean Basics dating from the mid '80s onward, which took a lot of concepts from C. Such Basics have types (similar to C structs), C-like loop structures that make goto redundant, and C-like functions. Really, they are quite similar to C without pointers. "10 GOTO 10" is a strawman that doesn't apply any more. - Gerry Quinn .