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C. Or some form of assembly. Both of them get you closer to the hardware than any high-level language would, and it's important to know what scheme and python a
by PieSquared 18y ago
C. Or some form of assembly. Both of them get you closer to the hardware than any high-level language would, and it's important to know what scheme and python and any other language are really doing for you automatically.
- eru 18y agoC is a nice third-language indeed. (And you will be glad you did not do it as a first.) You do not need to care for C++ much now.
- derefr 18y agoIndeed; by the time you do, it might have been usurped by D.
- hugh 18y agoDefinitely. I hate to sound like an old curmudgeon (especially since I'm only 28) but it's scary the number of people nowadays who call themselves programmers but have never even had to worry about allocating memory.
- eru 18y agoYes, all those 60 year old Lispers.