I first did programming back in the early 1980s in London on a BBC-B Micro and an Apple 2 (Both 6502 based), learning structured Basic and Pascal. After that, I did a lot of 6502 machine code(BBC-B embedded in Basic/AIM65 - on EPROM), also 68008 machine code(Atari 520ST). Around the early-mid 80s, I seem to remember hearing the phrase "Lisp.. is the way of the future", but what happened? It went off like a damp firecracker! I seem to remember something about Polish Logic!, but never took to it, or liked Lisp.
Since I have forgotten everything, I am going back and learning C, then Borland C++ (Ver. 4.5). Maybe later I'll tackle Visual C++/C#/ASP.net, as jobs are easier to find around here with the later.
I'm a member of (VANTUG), the MS people keep trying to tell me to go for C#, but I'm not brainwashed by all the MS hype. I still prefer Linux based systems(my 1st PC ran Linux Slackware 3.1, and MS-DOS 6.22), and languages.
In 1987, I had a Motorola 68000/68020 VME 19" 2U Development system until nine years ago when I emigrated to BC, Canada. I expanded that system with a couple of Force MC68020 and MC68040 processor boards Sadly, I had to leave everything behind in the UK.
Learning high level structured languages like Basic and Pascal helped me immeasurably, giving me the skill and confidence to tackle more complex programming. Modern Intel processors are way more complex, and assembler on these is not for the faint-hearted. If you are at University it may not be so bad, but good luck what ever you decide.
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I first did programming back in the early 1980s in London on a BBC-B Micro and an Apple 2 (Both 6502 based), learning structured Basic and Pascal. After that, I did a lot of 6502 machine code(BBC-B embedded in Basic/AIM65 - on EPROM), also 68008 machine code(Atari 520ST). Around the early-mid 80s, I seem to remember hearing the phrase "Lisp.. is the way of the future", but what happened? It went off like a damp firecracker! I seem to remember something about Polish Logic!, but never took to it, or liked Lisp.
Since I have forgotten everything, I am going back and learning C, then Borland C++ (Ver. 4.5). Maybe later I'll tackle Visual C++/C#/ASP.net, as jobs are easier to find around here with the later.
I'm a member of (VANTUG), the MS people keep trying to tell me to go for C#, but I'm not brainwashed by all the MS hype. I still prefer Linux based systems(my 1st PC ran Linux Slackware 3.1, and MS-DOS 6.22), and languages.
In 1987, I had a Motorola 68000/68020 VME 19" 2U Development system until nine years ago when I emigrated to BC, Canada. I expanded that system with a couple of Force MC68020 and MC68040 processor boards Sadly, I had to leave everything behind in the UK.
Learning high level structured languages like Basic and Pascal helped me immeasurably, giving me the skill and confidence to tackle more complex programming. Modern Intel processors are way more complex, and assembler on these is not for the faint-hearted. If you are at University it may not be so bad, but good luck what ever you decide.