Best programing language

[kilowatt]

I love computers, but programming was never my thing. There were
always people doing it better. I learned basic on my first computer
with a pretty good grasp crunching numbers, I never tried much
graphics. I also had a basic C course that included basic sorting.

Well, I will be laid up for a while and I have an idea for "another"
screen saver. It was more for me than anything else. What program
language and online info could you all recommend?

 

[Daniel Mandic]

I love computers, but programming was never my thing. There were
always people doing it better. I learned basic on my first computer
with a pretty good grasp crunching numbers, I never tried much
graphics. I also had a basic C course that included basic sorting.

Well, I will be laid up for a while and I have an idea for "another"
screen saver. It was more for me than anything else. What program
language and online info could you all recommend?

Hi!


Assembler.
No info needed , just a good knowledge of the hardware, you would
like to run on.


Arguments to use C or Basic are present, of course. It depends what
kind of software you would like to write.

C is more flexible, as you can use your skills on many different
platforms. Assembler on modern PC's?... phew, that's out of my
imagination, but it would give you the fastest possible speed out of
the computer. Windows and Linus programer use mostly C, I would guess...


Basic is fast enough (compiler etc..) on modern machines and more
comprehensible for smaller tasks, IMHO.




Kind Regards,

Daniel Mandic

 

[Michel Claveau]

Hi!

Let down statics languages (C, C++, compiled-Basics, delphi, Cobol,
Fortran, etc.)

Look dynamic languages, like Python, Ruby, Dylan, Lisp, Self.
When use it, programmation is very much easy and flexible.
All modern tech/paradigms are supported by this family language.



And, only for (devil) fun, you have "esoteric languages", like
Brainfuck, Befunge, etc.


A global entry point : http://www.99-bottles-of-beer.net/

 

[Mark Carter]

Look dynamic languages, like Python, Ruby, Dylan, Lisp, Self.
When use it, programmation is very much easy and flexible.
All modern tech/paradigms are supported by this family language.

I'm toying around with Lisp, Scheme and Forth at the moment - although I
would choose neither to write a screensaver with.

 

[Ian Edmont]

I'm toying around with Lisp, Scheme and Forth at the moment - although I

would choose neither to write a screensaver with.

What would you 'write' a screensave with? That was the original question
wasn't it otherwise what was the point in replying )

 

[Al Klein]

What would you 'write' a screensave with?

Assembly.

 

[Mark Carter]

What would you 'write' a screensave with? That was the original question
wasn't it otherwise what was the point in replying )

The best language to use is C. But then you'll be faced with the twin
challenges of learning C and Windows programming ... although there may
be construction kits that can display a series of pictures, if that's
what you want. So the question is, what do you want the screensaver to "do"?

There's quite a few C compilers knocking around for Windows. I reckon
Pelles C is up to the task:
http://www.smorgasbordet.com/pellesc/
It has a nice if not state-of-the-art IDE, and keeps things simple with
none of that gcc bloat and jigsaw-puzzle parts.

Then it's a case of Googling around for creating screensavers.

 

[Rene]

There's quite a few C compilers knocking around for Windows. I reckon
Pelles C is up to the task:
http://www.smorgasbordet.com/pellesc/
It has a nice if not state-of-the-art IDE, and keeps things simple with
none of that gcc bloat and jigsaw-puzzle parts.

Then it's a case of Googling around for creating screensavers.

In this website (the pelles one I mean) there are two samples of
screensavers with sourcecode. So Your tip was even better than You probably
thought ;-)!

Good luck to OP.
Greetings,
Rene

 

[Mark Carter]

In this website (the pelles one I mean) there are two samples of
screensavers with sourcecode. So Your tip was even better than You probably
thought ;-)!

Sometimes I impress even myself.

Pelles C is a nice little compiler. You can make DLLs, and everything.

There are other free tools available for download, like Dev-C++ or
whatever it's called, but they tend to be monster downloads, and you may
or may not get the windows headers or actual compilers, or they require
Java to operate, and other tedious details such as this.

There was a link on this newsgroup to Microsoft - who is/was giving away
a compiler - but I don't know the link offhand. But it required SP2,
registration and was a honk-monster of a download; so I lost interest.

 

[Al Klein]

There was a link on this newsgroup to Microsoft - who is/was giving away
a compiler - but I don't know the link offhand. But it required SP2,
registration and was a honk-monster of a download; so I lost interest.

C#.net?

 

[Dewey Edwards]

C#.net?

Maybe the express series.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/default.aspx