> PS: Really not wanting to start a flamewar here... Could have fooled me!
--- "Jürgen_A._Erhard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>>> "Tony" == Tony Rein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Tony> On Sat, 2001-12-01 at 18:26, Mr. Jan > Hearthstone wrote: > >> > >> > >> But let's suppose that I want to learn > programming > >> (perhaps to compile kernels, etc.) - what > would be a > >> good start? Symbolic logic? (Where to get a > good > >> instruction on that one?) C++? ... Slip? What > language > >> is the one most widely used for Linux? > >> Thnx, Hrthstn. > >> > >> > > Tony> As others have pointed out, you do not > need to be a > Tony> programmer to configure and compile the > Linux kernel. You > Tony> don't even have to be able to read source > code. Go to > Tony> http://debian.org and follow the > documentation links. > > Tony> If you want to learn programming, Perl is > a fun language. > > Correction: If you want to learn programming, Perl > is the *wrong* > language. > > Take a look at Python. > > (Someone mentioned Bruce Eckel's books > (www.mindview.com) on C++ and > Java... incidentially, Bruce is a *huge* fan of > Python :-) > > Bye, J > > PS: Really not wanting to start a flamewar here... > but "Python is > executable pseudocode, Perl is executable > line-noise". ;-) > > -- > Jürgen A. Erhard ([EMAIL PROTECTED], > [EMAIL PROTECTED]) > Invasion! > http://invasion.jerhard.org > I'm a FIG (http://www.fig.org) > DMCA -- A.K.A The Gag Rule > > ATTACHMENT part 2 application/pgp-signature __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
