[Color Computer] Re: [Coco] Learning to program

Robert Gault robert.gault at worldnet.att.net
Sat Dec 17 07:54:01 EST 2005


The system requirements for this are Win2000 or WinXP. You will also 
need broadband because each of the files is about 450,000KB.

I strike out on both :(

Neil Morrison wrote:

> FWIW, you can download free, fully working, non-expiring versions of Visual 
> Studio .Net for the next year.
> 
> Go to http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/support/install/
> 
> and download the .iso images. Burn to CD and you can install as needed.
> 
> Visual Web Developer 2005 Express Edition
> Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition
> Visual C# 2005 Express Edition
> Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition
> Visual J# 2005 Express Edition
> Some of these come with SQL Server or you can D/L it separately from
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/default.aspx
> I'm guessing there hasn't been an avalanche of people moving off VS6.
> 
> Neil
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> 
> From: "James Dessart" <james at skwirl.ca>
> 
>>I'll chip in here... I've been programming professionally, and doing 
>>quite well at it, for over 5 years. My degree in computer science was 
>>conferred with distinction. However, I still can't program in Python.  Try 
>>as I might, I just never was able to pick it up. I've managed  CoCo BASIC, 
>>VB and have gotten enough of a feel for other BASICs, but  Python never 
>>drew my attention much.
>>
>>Granted, one of my favourite languages is Objective-C, but that's  because 
>>I've mastered C and C++, and have no problem with pointers,  et al.
>>
>>Looked at Smalltalk once, taken a peek at LISP, Erlang and a bunch of 
>>other funky languages, but of all the somewhat popular languages,  Python 
>>just hasn't had any draw for me.
> 
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