Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Perhaps I asked the wrong question...

This has been a very educational thread for me. It sounds like most people agree I should learn C or Pascal. C familiarity would serve me well as a computer historian. Pascal would make me a better (or at least less-sloppy) programmer. If I try my hand at Pascal, then I know to seek a version of UCSD Pascal for Apple, that's knowledge I picked up as a historian. :) If I try learning C, then I could go directly to K&R or even pick up a modern Dummies book, but for period's sake it would be the former.