pcbrown

It's a subjective choice, obviously. Depends on your needs and goals. Personally, I'd say C is the best if you want to learn the nuts-n-bolts of programming. The language is small and relatively easy to bend your brain around, and the library is the same. A lot of programming profs will tell you to write your own library routines rather than relying on someone else's work. Probably good advice for the student. I use C# for work and most of my personal stuff as well, though I've spent some time with Ruby and *really* like it. I think you could learn the fundamentals of programming rather handily with Ruby, as long as you didn't rely too much (or at all) on it's fairly nice library. True, modern programming is often about using libraries and components and the such (especially according to your boss), but still, you want to learn to walk before you try to run. I'm sure there are other cliches that apply as well. And heck, sometimes a cliche is true. Just one guy's opinion.

That list is getting a little old ;-) I've been *really* looking forward to The Happening, but the CNN review was less-than-stellar. I love Shyamalan's (sp?) other movies, especially Signs. Heck, I even liked Lady in the Water. ;-)

I love that show!! And I think we're privileged to be watching the best-ever Doctor. (David Tennant, in case you didn't know). The writing's better than ever, too. I'm kinda concerned about his theatrical hiatus, though...and the departure of some top creative talent (sorry, names escape me right now). I know, if there's one thing the show has proven over the decades, it's that it can survive change. Still...I'll miss Tennant when he decides to move on.

I thought it was a teriffic movie, though painful to watch. Will Smith is an amazing actor. I think he's the reason the movie works as well as it does. His character, having gone through such horror, would exist in pretty much total and constant anguish. It takes outstanding writers and actors to take what's basically a comic-book premise ("last man on earth") and make it believable. I hated the scene with his dog too, but I understand why they included it. His dog was his only remaining tie to his previous life, and once it was gone he truly had nothing to live for. That scene disturbed me so much I doubt I'll ever watch the movie again, but that's certainly not because I thought it was a bad movie.