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Re:Ask HN: Starting with programming? by wyclif on Saturday March 26, 2011 @05:09AM (#2371702)
That's true, and it's why I mentioned HTML/CSS/JavaScript. Those are general-purpose foundational languages that will stand anyone in good stead no matter what branch of programming they wind up in.
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Re:Ask HN: Starting with programming? by Animus7 on Saturday March 26, 2011 @05:19AM (#2371714)
I completely disagree. Your advice applies if you're in the web business, but HTML, CSS, and Javascript are hardly "general-purpose" and they won't help you in coding up a router firmware.
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Re:Ask HN: Starting with programming? by wyclif on Saturday March 26, 2011 @05:36AM (#2371731)
The OP was asking about web programming, not router firmware.
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