We've had this question asked before I believe but it does no harm in asking it again and again. After all, opinions change as does the software ecosystem. Quincy Larson of FreeCodeCamp.com asked this question via Medium: What programming language should you learn first? He thinks JavaScript is the way to go and his arguments are cogent and well thought out. However, I am somewhat hesitant to suggest someone learn to code in JavaScript first. My first programming language (in 1981!) was Fortran on a Control Data mainframe. The interactive environment the OS provided was pretty simple and the language provided few opportunities to hang yourself. JavaScript, by comparison, while it may not have those evil pointers of C/C++, it offers functional features and plenty of rope to hang oneself.
So, opinions please.
(Score: 3, Funny) by BsAtHome on Friday November 04 2016, @07:44PM
"...very easily shoot themselves in the foot."
That is an underestimation of programmatic proportion which a supercomputer mainframe has trouble calculating. I seriously doubt that such mainframe can come close to calculating the amount of horrible deaths you may encounter on the journey into Perl. Shooting your foot should be considered the pleasant form of mutilation you suffer. Most generally come out in small pieces from a shredder and are too fine-grained to become coherent again in the remainder of conscious thoughts that may resurface.
Then again, it surely filters the good from the bad. So, yes, Perl is a good starting point.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 04 2016, @08:05PM
> Then again, it surely filters the good from the bad. So, yes, Perl is a good starting point.
Dont you mean
for test
%? || Die
(Score: 1) by sce7mjm on Friday November 04 2016, @08:36PM
No, I don't believe he did