AlfredTwo's comments

AlfredTwo | 15 years ago

I'm not sure I can take someone seriously as a programmer if all they know for operating systems are Windows, Mac OS and flavors of UNIX/LINUX.

Seriously though, C is a good language but for back to basics you are talking assembly language at least. Preferably several assemply langages.

AlfredTwo | 15 years ago

I would not leave Microsoft for any of them.

AlfredTwo | 15 years ago

Rule number one - people new to the internet say Noob and not Newbie.

AlfredTwo | 15 years ago

It might. I can imagine using some online conferencing tools like LiveMeeting (the one I know most about) or even sending code and doing Skype conversations. You'd be surprised at how few high schools teach programming BTW. Very sad.

AlfredTwo | 15 years ago

LabVIEW is only one of many others I could have named. The three I named are the ones I personally use the most but of course there are many others. Several for programming robots for example.