On Jan 19, 2017, at 18:46, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
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.
Pascal is also very historically significant.
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. :)
Indeed!
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.
K&R is a very good intro to C, hands down. It was the first, and it's still the best. - Dave