Minimal skills

[Robert Huff]

Kurt Hackenberg writes:

>  I guess you could start with C, and maybe add C++ later. That's if
>  you want to learn to program, which is a big project. There's also
>  an argument that a beginning programmer should learn some newer
>  language.

	I am now accepting rhetorical nominations for a useful
programming language better suited for teaching a beginning programmer
of at least average intelligence.  At the moment the only other
candidate is Pascal, <sarcasm>beloved on account of its vast code
base</sarcasm>. 
	I do agree that if one intends to do substantial programming in
the current environment ... learning an object-oriented language is a
really good idea.


			Respectfully,


				Robert Huff