On 01/21/2017 01:03 AM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
This is probably heresy on this forum, but I'm temped to say forget assembly and other archaic languages and just learn how to make IOS or Andriod apps.
That might be a plausible statement if my goal were to become a commercial programmer. It's not. :)
And it's not even plausible then, unless your goal is to specifically become an "app" programmer.
My only goal is to be a better vintage computer hobbyist and to have a better idea of WTF is going on when members/visits talk about programming.
Indeed. This is a lot to learn for just that. (not belittling that goal at all, just don't know how else to put it!) But that said, a lot of people moved on from BASIC on their Ataris and Commodores and Apples and Tandys when they outgrew it. Do more in BASIC...have more fun, learn more tricks, and above all become more comfortable with the general ideas of programming, until you actually outgrow it. It likely won't take long. That might be a viable. approach. And it'll be fun on top of that!
the purposes of Evan's thread.
And what a thread it is! Been constant for three days now. Almost like a opened a can of worms...
Too true. But you're learning a lot, very quickly, and interesting ideas are being exchanged. -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA