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Which Computer Language would you like to know more about?

View Poll Results: I am or would be interested in:
Basic	8	17.78%
C	5	11.11%
C++	11	24.44%
C#	9	20.00%
Java	15	33.33%
Perl	5	11.11%
Python	17	37.78%
Ruby	8	17.78%
Other (let us know)	8	17.78%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 45. You may not vote on this poll

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Oct 6th, 2009

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Originally Posted by Grn Xtrm

First, does the book come with a CD that includes a program in which to create flash projects.

You will have to get that yourself, as far as I know there's a few different programs you can use such as Adobe Flash CS2/CS3 or Adobe Flex 2/3. I've seen the difference between AS2 and AS3, I still use AS2 and it's very easy to use, AS3 in comparison looks very excessive and hard but it's supposed to be much more powerful, so the choice is yours. I was given Macromedia Flash 8 free in highschool, and i'm still most comfortable with it

I'm not sure how easy it is to get it for free, you can probably still find Macromedia Flash 8 somewhere on the internet, but it uses AS2.

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Originally Posted by Grn Xtrm

I've never done anything graphical before. Will I still be able to learn effectively from your recommended book?

Maybe do a few tutorials on the net first, and you will be ready for the book, it should be a nice change if you've never done anything graphical before.

I actually think having a Flash forum on Daniweb would be a great idea, it's a very popular language and I would for sure post there alot

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Originally Posted by Grn Xtrm

do you happen to know roughly how much that book costs in American currency?

Simply change the .co.uk to .com, and you're done. [link]

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Oct 9th, 2009

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Originally Posted by cwarn23

So visual basic uses the Basic language. The same language Microsoft wrote their first dos operating system in. Wow. Never realized the history behind that! I guess Microsoft was a bit slack at writing a programming interface in the early 1990's. Instead judging by what you say, Microsoft just gave the user a copy of the tools Microsoft used. Very interesting though. Before reading your post I thought Basic was done on a teletype (i think) machine with punch cards to make slots in paper. Didn't realize that Basic had been imported as a digital language.

The first Microsoft DOS was not written in Basic, it had a Basic interpreter included (a pet project of Bill Gates then).

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Oct 11th, 2009

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Originally Posted by vegaseat

The first Microsoft DOS was not written in Basic, it had a Basic interpreter included (a pet project of Bill Gates then).

If the first Microsoft DOS was not written in Basic then what language was it really written in? Where punch cards still used for Bill to write the first MS operating system.

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Oct 11th, 2009

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Originally Posted by cwarn23

If the first Microsoft DOS was not written in Basic then what language was it really written in? Where punch cards still used for Bill to write the first MS operating system.

It assume it to be written in a mix of C and Assemb ly code

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Oct 11th, 2009

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Originally Posted by jbennet

It assume it to be written in a mix of C and Assemb ly code

I think this is correct, because as my father explained to me, in those days C compilers had the inline assembly language option. This allowed access to the very low levels of the computer chips.

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Oct 11th, 2009

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Originally Posted by bumsfeld

I think this is correct, because as my father explained to me, in those days C compilers had the inline assembly language option. This allowed access to the very low levels of the computer chips.

C still has an inline asm option

And nearly all OSes use asm code for the bootstrapping phase (NTLDR is one if the few areas on windows NT which is not easialy portable, due to the fact it makes use of assemlbey code for the initial boot phase)

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Oct 11th, 2009

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Oct 12th, 2009

I'd definitely like to get more into python.

I only ever used it once to use one of their excel to csv conversion scripts which was mega easy to code. Plus you can turn the script into a stand alone exe (plus a couple of dll etc) which is sweet.

I just never really liked the syntax and strict indentation.

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Oct 14th, 2009

I'll go for Java ( easy to identify errors when coding ) I'll leave Assembly for focusing with Java :lol: ( reason of unintelligent n' lazy student ). Anyways, I am new to Java programming this school year.

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