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Author Author: bluescreen
Date Created: 13 Feb 2014 4:26 AM Date Created
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What programming language should EE's learn first?

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johnbeetem over 11 years ago +2

Oh goodie, language wars! Personally, I think C and C++ are terrible first programming languages. C is a great language for writing compact code that maps directly into machine language, but for teaching…
Former Member over 11 years ago +2

Ruby! It's python's beautiful little sister.
Former Member over 11 years ago +2

Very important distinction here is that the question specified "EE", not "CS"! EEs should learn C first, but not bother with C++ so much. C compilers are available for every processor made and by learning…

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nick123 over 10 years ago

I've been programming for a long time and when I started I programmed in HTML and Assembly and Basic. I think Html is a great beginners language. Assembly and Basic are good, Html is way easier.
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johnbeetem over 10 years ago in reply to nick123

Nick Gallagher wrote:

I've been programming for a long time and when I started I programmed in HTML and Assembly and Basic. I think HTML is a great beginners language. Assembly and Basic are good, HTML is way easier.

The last time I looked, HTML was a markup language, not a programming language. How do you write something like the following loop in HTML?

int var i;
for i = 1 thru 10 do printf("Hello %d\n", i);

This GalaxC program prints:

Hello 1
Hello 2
Hello 3
Hello 4
Hello 5
Hello 6
Hello 7
Hello 8
Hello 9
Hello 10
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clem57 over 10 years ago in reply to johnbeetem

Maybe HTML embedded with Javascript could perform the function. So few distinguish the level HTML(markup) from Javascript(coding).
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clem57 over 10 years ago in reply to johnbeetem

Maybe HTML embedded with Javascript could perform the function. So few distinguish the level HTML(markup) from Javascript(coding).
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