What are the best languages for computer science?

[mikebald]

My college taught OO principles in Java and once those principles were mastered [or at least learned] we went onto other languages like C, C++, Haskell, x86/Sparc Assembly & some markup languages. Personally if I were in your position I would learn a language that interested me and I'd follow the cirriculum as it came to me.

 

One issue I ran while in college occured during my Database class. I already had a good understanding of Oracle SQL, so when we started learning database concepts that started with relational algebra and tuple calculus I had issues relating to them because I already had an understanding of databases based strictly on SQL. Once we progressed the concepts started coming together, but I believe if I didn't know SQL then I wouldn't have had the problems relating to those new database concepts.

[Art Vandelay]

Well but as you say apart from the readability its pretty similar to assembly. 

If you have a thousand lines of code, being able to have labels and comments goes a long way. Machine code's like trying to write C with every variable and method having a 1 letter name and no comments.

[kingdorian]

If you have a thousand lines of code, being able to have labels and comments goes a long way. Machine code's like trying to write C with every variable and method having a 1 letter name and no comments.

I can't disagree with that.