I must be getting really old.

I remember when the Computer Science department thought "C" and LISP were
the hottest things going, the math department was snobishly stuck on PL/I,
the School of Business taught only BASIC, and the engineering department was
just getting excited about FORTRAN/77 (instead of FORTRAN/IV.)

-dtd

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Duncombe [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2001 12:04 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: ot: Programming languages
>
>
> At 01:14 PM 1/25/2001 -0400, Gary Nolan wrote:
> >Hi Folks,
> >
> >I am currently working on my BTI (Bachelor of Technology
> Information) at my
> >local University. One of my professors thinks I should take a "newer"
> >programming language. I already know Fortran, Cobol, RPG,
> Transact, Basic,
> >and 17 years of 3000 experience. Do I really want to learn
> another language?
> >Like I need this on top of looking for a job!
> >
> >What do you think I should take, Java, C++,,,,(etc)?
> >Any and all suggestions welcome.
>
> IMHO, it would behove you to learn one of the "Computer
> Science" languages
> in order to round out your resume and experience.
>
> I think that it is a toss-up between C++ and Java but there
> are obviously
> fanatics on both sides.
> Pascal would suffice but it is somewhat less popular on a
> resume than it
> once was.
>
>
>
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