Originally Posted By: Roger
Windows: Sleep(INFINITE); -- https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms686298.aspx
POSIX: sleep(UINT_MAX); -- https://linux.die.net/man/3/sleep -- it's not actually forever, but UINT_MAX seconds should be plenty.
Originally Posted By: Roger
Originally Posted By: Shonky
.NET I would have thought would be the way for PC type programming these days.


I'm recommending to my son that he learn Python and JavaScript (despite the fact that I hate both of them). .NET (i.e. C#, but look at F#) would be a good alternative. He wants to learn Erlang (like Daddy uses), but that's a bit niche. I suggested Elixir instead.


I figure any language she learns as a first will help moving forward. And HS has only the one language.

Once you learn to think programming, the rest is (mostly?) syntax...

-jk