From: MRH <mauriceroman@...>
Date: 2008-05-29T21:44:52+09:00
Subject: Re: Should I Learn Ruby as a First Language?


> Although I learned (and earned my living with) assembly language many
> years ago, I don't think it's particularly necessary to learn it now
> unless you're working in a very specialized area, like compilers,
> graphics drivers, etc. But C is still hugely popular and widely used and
> having it in your toolchest will be useful for many years to come.
>
> However, even though C is a small language (compared to Java or C++) I
> think it's harder to learn than Ruby, and learning it will be more
> frustrating since it takes so much more code to get results and it's so
> easy to make mistakes that are really, really hard to fix. I've been
> doing it for 25 years now and I still spend more of my time finding and
> fixing bugs than I do writing code.

Hi Tim,

I will remember this information. Thank you.

Cheers,

Maurice