27 Nov
2007
27 Nov
'07
4:37 p.m.
Fred Cisin wrote:
On Tue, 27 Nov 2007, Chris M wrote:
Take a look at Squeak. It's transparent down to the interpreter level
(source included) and it's free.
It's also the language chosen for the one laptop project. Very cool,
based on smalltalk.
It's sorta on topic. and it won't cause brain damage.
Jim Davis.
Besides, where would you find a COBOL compiler
for a
peecee or whatever else?
IBM sold one that was adequate for learning COBOL.
There were also some good ones.
Was it "Micro-Focus" who was peddling "Structured COBOL", and even
"Object
Oriented COBOL"?
A smattering of assembly language to begin with
maybe. That's something someone will learn only if
they want to. Lots of people have problems with it.
Howzbout: simultaneously learning machine language and a high level
language?