Make it C# would be my opinion.

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Alan Bourke

alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm

On Fri, 17 Jun 2016, at 06:21 PM, Kurt Wendt wrote:

> Yeah - I started on an Apple II doing BASIC in 1980. Dabbled in BASIC for

> years - then 'fell in love' with TurboPascal.

>

> I'm still doing VFP. But, at my job - they are Pushing me Seriously to

> get on-board w/.Net - and either learn VB or C#.

>

> So - I gotta get crackin' and start watching some video tutorials - and

> get my head wrapped around a new language...

>

> Regards,

> Kurt Wendt

> Senior Systems Analyst

>

>

> Tel. +1-212-747-9100

> www.GlobeTax.com

>

>

> -----Original Message-----

> From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-bounces@leafe.com] On Behalf Of John

> R. Sowden

> Sent: Friday, June 17, 2016 1:16 PM

> To: profoxtech@leafe.com

> Subject: Re: [NF] Which Programming Language Should I Learn?

>

> This is interesting. When I started with computers in 1977 (TRS-80 Model

> I), I was the target market for computers, software, etc. I am a small

> businessperson who invested time and energy into using computers.

> I loved it! Now, I am not recognized at all. Either I use canned

> software (gnucash, a quicken wanna be), an Office Program (Libre Office),

> etc. or I am a "developer" earning a living writing code for others.

> Neither apply. I have been writing in dBASE II, dBXL, Foxbase,

> FoxPro/DOS (Visual Foxpro 5.0, never worked (not enough memory error with

> more than enough memory)). Now I am trying Pure Basic. I wonder what

> happened to the rest of us.

>

> John

>

>

> On 06/17/2016 09:54 AM, Gene Wirchenko wrote:

> > At 09:18 2016-06-17, Alan Bourke <alanpbourke@fastmail.fm> wrote:

> >> With added Lord Of The Rings comparisions.

> >>

> >> http://carlcheo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/which-programming-lang

> >> uage-should-i-learn-first-infographic.png

> >>

> >

> > It made for a break from all the shooting-yourself-in-the-foot

> > comparisons.

> >

> > Sincerely,

> >

> > Gene Wirchenko

> >

> >

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