On Sun, Jun 29, 2014 at 12:40:28PM -0400, Miles Fidelman wrote: > Joe wrote: > >On Sun, 29 Jun 2014 15:46:58 +0100 > >Tom Furie <t...@furie.org.uk> wrote: > > > >>On Sat, Jun 28, 2014 at 11:41:57PM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > >> > >>>Programming belongs on any Linux list, especially since a lot of > >>>times you need to code to get things done. Dare you to configure > >>>dwm without coding. > >>However, there is a difference between discussing code in the context > >>of a solution to a problem and discussing coding and langauges in > >>general. > >> > >Indeed, but the name of the list is 'debian-user', not 'Debian': it's > >about us, not about the OS. A subject is off-topic here if it is [likely > >to be] of no concern to Debian users, not merely if it is not specific > >to the Debian operating system. > > > >Debian users might well be interested in better ways to administer and > >configure their Debian systems, even when such methods are not > >applicable *only* to Debian. > > > > So please... get of your high horse. > > Miles Fidelman
So, are we going to discuss languages? Or just discussion the relevance of such discussion on the list? Personally, I like tcl, bash, and ruby for scripting stuff (bash is a no-brainer of course), although I've only started to play with ruby recently. I really have no perl fu at all. A lot of stuff other folks do with perl, I end up doing with bash/sed/awk. I started playing with tcl about 7 or 8 years ago, and found it was really easy to learn and make useful stuff with fairly quickly. I don't understand why it isn't more popular (although it IS widely used, just not sexy for the hipster kids, who apparently do like ruby, and stuff like haskell, or whatever). tony -- http://www.myownsite.me web design, development & hosting -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140630214733.GA5395@localhost.localdomain
