Well, Larry in an effort to boost myself out of the stone age I took a class
in C++. I programmed an application taking 4 years using C - made it DOS and
Unix compatible -

The class was too fast - sort of a "if it's Tuesday it must be Belgium" kind
of class. I understand the basic concepts (class, inheritance) but lack real
world experience. So if anyone has some C++ questions I'll be sure to read
those.

My feeling is that having taken a few of these classes the best people who
could be teaching - are out programming.

On the German - Ich kann nur ein bischen sprechen - I can speak only a
little - courtesy of the Army 20 years ago. I would think it is much harder
for a German to learn English. Too many conditional statements and
exceptional conditions ;-)

One other thing - a lament on computer buzzwords - the longer I stay at this
game the more I realize every company is talking about the same concepts -
different buzzwords.

We selected a product called Raima DB for our C Application - used to be
called db_Vista - and I selected it because it is a network data base very
similar to IMAGE which I knew so well. Well, I go to their class in Seattle
and the buzzwords! I finally decide the best way to learn is to create a
chart of Image terms and then the corresponding Raima terms. Then it was
easy ;-) Just like learning a new foreign language...

Bill
-----Original Message-----
From: Larry Barnes <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wednesday, September 08, 1999 11:22
Subject: Re: OT: Re: What's the official language of California ?


>If we are taking a vote, my is for C++  :)
>I've just started learning it and so far I can understand what I'm reading,
>knock on wood.  (or is that would ??)
>
>L. A. Barnes
>
>william l brandt wrote:
>
>> They were debating between English and German - there were at the time
>> almost as many German immigrants as British...English won by a very slim
>> margin - I think it was 1 or 2 votes but don't hold me to that. I'm still
>> learning about this newfangled thing called POSIX ;-)
>>
>> Bill
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Art Bahrs <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
>> Date: Wednesday, September 08, 1999 08:56
>> Subject: OT: Re: What's the official language of California ?
>>
>> >Hi Christian :)
>> >   um... IIRC and my history teacher at Northwest Nazarene College ...
>> er...
>> >University (they just changed) was right ...one of the early Congresses
did
>> >actually take a vote on what would be the official language of the
United
>> >States... and English (or our form of it hehehe) won ... I can't
remember
>> the
>> >other languages that were in the vote ... but I think German was one of
>> 'em???
>> >
>> >Art "Now I know I am gonna be corrected hehehe" Bahrs
>> >
>> >P.S. Us Native Oregonians speak coffee as a second language :) hehe
>> >
>> >
>> >----------
>> >>From: Christian Lheureux <[log in to unmask]>
>> >>To: [log in to unmask]
>> >>Subject: What's the official language of California ?
>> >>Date: Wed, 08 Sep, 1999, 07:10
>> >>
>> >
>> >> Hi fellow listers !
>> >>
>> >> I've been asked the strangest question so far this year by my
supervisor
>> :
>> >> what's the OFFICIAL language of the State of California ? Of course, I
>> know
>> >> Spanish is widely used, but I want to know the OFFICIAL aspect of
things.
>> >>
>> >> Our secretary and myself are sure it's English (or American, or
>> >> Californian), my boss maintains it's Spanish. That leaves the three of
us
>> >> in dire need for qualified advice.
>> >>
>> >> Your help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in anticipation.
>> >>
>> >> Christian
>> >
>