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Ron<BR>
I am glad you are on this list. The question of "to C# or not to C#" has been a very interesting one with quite a number of dimensions to it.<BR>
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If I had an opinion, I would say, "Learn C#, because that is what you want to learn. Learn Python for how quickly you can prototype stuff in it. I agree that C is a useful language, especially for embedded systems, and for its cross-platform-by-design aspects. After you have a handle on programming generally and can see the underlying basis for stuff, look into cobol. I know a person who had zero programming experience and a semester of cobol who got $30K part-time job fixing Y2K stuff. You are better off in the smaller pool of higher-paying job reqs than in a larger pool of lower-paying jobs." This is also why I suggest my students (mostly) specialize in the Unix/Linux side of things. Windows system engineers are more commonly available, and I think that pushes the price down.<BR>
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-Wolf<BR>
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<B>From</B>: Ron Frazier <<A HREF="mailto:Ron%20Frazier%20%3catllinuxenthinfo@c3energy.com%3e">atllinuxenthinfo@c3energy.com</A>><BR>
<B>Reply-to</B>: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux! <ale@ale.org><BR>
<B>To</B>: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux! <<A HREF="mailto:Atlanta%20Linux%20Enthusiasts%20-%20Yes!%20We%20run%20Linux!%20%3cale@ale.org%3e">ale@ale.org</A>><BR>
<B>Subject</B>: [ale] Hello World - in C# - in Mono - in Ubuntu is done<BR>
<B>Date</B>: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 11:14:53 -0400<BR>
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I have just completed my first Hello World program in C# in Mono in Ubuntu. I even customized it for this group, as indicated by the image below.<BR>
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<IMG SRC="cid:.0" WIDTH="394" HEIGHT="80" ALIGN="bottom" ALT="hello world.png" BORDER="0"><BR>
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By this evening, I should have a 1 million object astronomical entity tracking system which can accept 2 million hits / second on a website. OK, I made that up, maybe I won't finish that today. 8-)<BR>
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Seriously, my goal is to be employable as a C# programmer within 6 mo to 1 year spending a few hours per day. I spent several years programming Clipper for Delta Air Lines, so I've been through this before. What I haven't done before is the object oriented stuff and the GUI stuff and the multi-threaded stuff and the web site stuff. So, I know there's a big learning curve. I'd appreciate any help anyone familiar with C# is willing to give.<BR>
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I know C# is usually a Microsoft thing, but I understand that quite a bit of Linux development is using it too, and that it makes a good cross platform language.<BR>
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Sincerely,<BR>
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Ron
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