should i learn it first ?

[Peter Hansen]

phil hunt wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 09 Mar 2002 22:57:42 -0500, Peter Hansen <peter at engcorp.com> wrote:
> >
> >I agree with much of what you say, especially the "consider skipping
> >C++ and just learn C part", but _what_ pragmatic point of view is it
> >that has one learning Perl, Java, or C++ when one uses Python already?
> >Not dissing those languages, but when would you really need them?
> 
> I can think of several tasks for which C++ is better than Python,
> e.g. writing operating systems, network stacks, windowing systems,
> run-time interpreters, crypto algorithms, etc.

Point taken, although I would try to use C far more often in those
cases than some others might.  I admit I had "application programming"
stuck in mind as I wrote the question, not system programming...

-Peter