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From: grant@pentagon-ai.army.mil (Pete Grant)
Subject: Re: Beginner looking for advice.
Message-ID: <DE3Jzu.CsF@pentagon-ai.army.mil>
Organization: U.S. Army Artificial Intelligence Center, The Pentagon
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Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 23:59:54 GMT
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In article <41vgj7$k78@ixnews6.ix.netcom.com> theaxiom@ix.netcom.com (Michael Herried ) writes:
>    I'm about as new as you can getin programming.  I have just started
>my C for Dummies book.  I hope to excel far beyond that, but this is it
>so far.  I was told to learn C then C++ as they are supposedly the
>money makers.  Is this true?  If not, what do I really want to learn

You sound like you are only concerned about how much programmers earn.
I hope that's not so because if it is, you won't make it.  You have to
like this stuff or you're better off doing something else.

>then.  I will be taking a vocational course on programming soon, but
>they dont focus much on C at all.  Any hints or suggestions?  Thanks in
>advance.

Yes, take a college course or two instead.  They teach C around here,
in both universities and community colleges.  C++ is a bit harder to
find, but not impossible.

Pete.