Re: My First Computer (was Computing Editorial)

[steve@dosius.zzn.com (Dosius)]

Glen <lpepicel@nycap.rr.com> wrote in message news:<3E448618.5040600@nycap.rr.com>...
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> 
> Oh thats cool.  I didn't mean to be rude.
> 
> I just mistook you for one of these crazy acedemic types who has the 
> attitude "I could care less what people actually use I'm teaching the 
> class in ________" [insert language that is totally different from any
> language that is in use here]

RATFOR?

> 
> This was and is a standard attitude in acedemic-land.  Its kind of like 
> if you went to vet school and the instructor refused to teach you 
> anything about dogs or cats.  "Your learning about squid and thats 
> final! Many people in _________ [different country] have pet squid!"
> 
> I don't know if python runs on dos-- it might.  I know it runs in 
> windows text mode.  You could check.  Python should run on anything with 
> enough horsepower that has a C compiler.  And so it will run on dos if 
> you compile it with a dos c compiler.  If that version is around for 
> download i don't know.  You can just ask them they will give you the answer.

There's a version compiled with gcc for DOS-32 somewhere.  Try
Simtel's djgpp pages, but I can't guarantee that.

-uso.

> 
> If you can program in basic you can program in python.  You just won't use
> 
> *all* the advanced language features but rather a subset.   It is designed
> 
> so that there is an easy language inside the complete language (which
> is relatively easy itself).  Thats why I recommended it.
> 
> This page:
> 
> > http://www.python.org/doc/Newbies.html
> 
> Is for casual users.
> 
> glen.