which language to start with

Ashish Derhgawen

C# or Visual Basic. Both are good. Visual Basic is more close to normal English..but learning C# will probably make C++ and Java easier to learn. :)

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Paul Conrad

Amar Chaudhary wrote:

AFAIK he knew both terms and mingled them to produce some humor

I think so. It goes to show PE is ambiguous and how could the "PE" compiler compile it. It wouldn't know if we were talking about Portable Executable or Plain English. This leads to non-deterministic compiling and headache :)

If you try to write that in English, I might be able to understand more than a fraction of it. - Guffa

Paul Conrad

Amar Chaudhary wrote:

are you talking about this[^]

Sounds like it. Nice quick reading :)

If you try to write that in English, I might be able to understand more than a fraction of it. - Guffa

Amar Chaudhary

personally saying i don't like vb but i am getting nice suggestions and will need to work out further:)

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Marc Clifton

I'd start with basic problem solving and flow chart diagramming. Then I'd move on to the idea of using objects for data/function representation, still using good ol' paper and pencil. Then I'd introduce object inheritance and the reason for it, again not touching a computer yet. Optionally, you might also want to introduce some simple UML diagramming, like sequence and state diagrams. Basically, most of programming is learning how to express the problem domain with a balance of concrete and abstract concepts and to come up with the right algorithms that actually meet the requirements. Before even coding, again on paper and pencil, I'd do a few lessons with "ok, now how would you test that algorithm/object model?" Once he's got that down, then show him a few different languages and how the syntax is different to do the same thing, but emphasizing overall syntax with only function stubs. Have him get in the practice of commenting what he plans each class and method and field/property to do, rather than doing it. You may think this takes all the fun out of programming, and depending on your dad's personality, that might be or not. However, I would go for giving your a dad the full flavor of what programming means (design, testing, documentation, etc) so he has the foundational stuff. Marc

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Amar Chaudhary

yes the next topic i am going to introduce him is flow charting :)

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Paul Conrad

Amar Chaudhary wrote:

next topic i am going to introduce him is flow charting

Don't mean to overwhelm your dad, but you may want to show him UML once flow charting is mastered :)

If you try to write that in English, I might be able to understand more than a fraction of it. - Guffa

Eytukan

VB for NewBies... :-D. Not kidding.. that may help him realise how simple things are. Later he can switch over to real programming.:rolleyes:

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Amar Chaudhary

i think he is comfortable with that and he is real fast in getting things when we discuss problems with each other usually he is the first to get solutions:)

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Nish Nishant

Matt Gerrans wrote:

By the way, .NET compiles to IL, which isn't the same as PE.

The .NET compilers (C#, VB.NET etc.) generate PE executables. The MSIL is stored as data - and the first line is a JMP to some function (whose name I cant remember now) in mscoree.dll, which then executes the MSIL. I believe you already knew that - but thought I'd mention it so that people who didn't know wouldn't get the wrong idea that .NET compilers on Windows produce non-PE executables.

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El Corazon

LISP. If he can survive LISP then any other language will be a piece of cake. ;P:laugh: (you've got good answers above, I just had to be the odd-ball, been in a very... interesting mood... since this last weekend... no not talking about it. :-D:-D )

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Paul Conrad

Jeffry J. Brickley wrote:

LISP. If he can survive LISP then any other language will be a piece of cake.

Oh man, all of those (((((( ))))) :laugh:

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Shog9 0

Looks like it. Shame about the drawings though.

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El Corazon

PaulC1972 wrote:

(((((( )))))

proof LISP gives you tunnel vision!

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Paul Conrad

Jeffry J. Brickley wrote:

proof LISP gives you tunnel vision!

:laugh::-D

If you try to write that in English, I might be able to understand more than a fraction of it. - Guffa

Amar Chaudhary

any links for compiler / ide and any idea about cost

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Christian Graus

Amar Chaudhary wrote:

for finding a better match for me

Does better mean he doesn't like your current choice ? If he can handle the C# syntax, it's a better choice than VB, because it makes C++ easier to jump to. Whatever he learns, please, for the love of all that's holy, teach him C# on the console prior to teaching him about GUI libraries and event driven coding. I am in despair that almost no-one seems to do that anymore.

Christian Graus - C++ MVP 'Why don't we jump on a fad that hasn't already been widely discredited ?' - Dilbert

El Corazon

I was joking. :) LISP is ancient, difficult, very symbolic, backwards, and pretty much meant for AI work. I doubt there are more than a handful of programmers on this board who know LISP, and no one would recommend it outside of joke. :-D sorry to lead you astray. :) however, for many languages: http://www.thefreecountry.com/compilers/index.shtml[^] http://www.thefreecountry.com/programming/editors.shtml[^]

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Amar Chaudhary

Christian Graus wrote:

Does better mean he doesn't like your current choice ?

actually i don't have any choice and he had gone through few hundred of options

Christian Graus wrote:

C# on the console

yes i will implement that cause it is easier to learn when there few things distracting :)

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