Subj : Re: Four Programming Questions
To   : comp.programming
From : rem642b
Date : Sat Aug 13 2005 03:46 am

> From: Casey Hawthorne <caseyhHAMMER_T...@istar.ca>
> For learning the ideas of computer science try Scheme - simple syntax

For beginning lessons, you don't need to learn the full syntax that the
Lisp dialect offers. You can restrict the lessons to just those parts
of the syntax that all three major dialects (CL, Scheme, Emacs Lisp)
have in common. Then what you learn is directly applicable to all three
dialects instead of just one, and after the student knows *how* to
program, then the student can choose for him/herself which of the three
dialects or which other language to go deeper into. Or maybe the first
semester can cover only the syntax in common between all three, then
the second semester can cover the variations in syntax and libraries
that give each language some advantage over the others for certain
kinds of applications.

> >Question Three: Which language is best for web programming?
> Connecting to a database?
> PHP, Python

Does either of those offer a built-in database, as J2EE includes
CloudScape/Derby?

.