From: Jules Jacobs <devlists-ruby-talk@...>
Date: 2006-02-24T04:09:53+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby as First Language

So it all depends on what you want. Do you want to have knowledge of  
processors and memory management by learning C? Or do you want to skip  
these low level issues and be able to write practical programs from the  
word go?

If you want to be a computer scientist, learn C, plus Smalltalk, Lisp,  
Io, etc. If you want to learn to program to code programs, go for Ruby  
or Smalltalk.

Ruby - More like other programming languages. Easier to learn if you are  
a programmer. Good choice if you want to create webapplications because  
of Rails.

Smalltalk - Probably easier to learn for a non-programmer. Good choice  
if you want to create webapplication because of Seaside.


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