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greeneyehawk13



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greeneyehawk13 12 Dec 2008, 22:36
Okay, I am slightly new to programming. I took a 1 semester course in Python and I know very little C and javascript. I also know html. Question:

Is it better to learn programming from low level up? Or should I learn high level and then down.


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sleepsleep 12 Dec 2008, 22:49
HTML > javascript > PHP > C > C++ > Pascal > ASM > Win32 Programming


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Mac2004



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Mac2004 12 Dec 2008, 23:23
Personally I would start with asm. Learning asm helps you to understand
what is really happening and thus it provides a solid base for learning
other (=higher level) languages as well.

regards,
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greeneyehawk13 12 Dec 2008, 23:28
thank you both sleepsleep and Mac2004. Ya, I am just a little confused because I know I should just stick with one language and go through with it. I am too scattered with python and C. But yes, I really want to learn asm so I know what is going on and what happens behind the scenes.

thank you,
greeneyehawk13
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f0dder 13 Dec 2008, 00:59
What to do depends on your goals. Personally I wouldn't recommend anybody to start with assembly, even if I do believe assembly (or rather, machine architecture as a whole) is still important to learn to be a fully-fledged programmer.

I would advise starting out with learning the "basics" of programming in one language. Get comfortable with it. Pick up other languages along the way, but not until you can comfortably write programs in one language. Python is a decent place to start because you can test things rapidly, and it allows pretty much a mix of procedural, oop and sorta functional programming. C/C++ is worth picking up because it's the industry standard.

When learning assembly, be sure to ask yourself why. Is it curiosity? Do you just want to know what's happening behind the scenes? Do you want to write LEAN_AND_MEAN code and beat the compilers? etc.
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edfed 13 Dec 2008, 01:29
start with assembly and Java
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