Hallo, I'm just new wtih unix and FreeBSD and I have a question about programming languages, I want to learn some of them but don't know where to start.
C, it was the first programming language that I learned, so I may be a little biased. However, it is not that hard to learn, and tied closely enough with the hardware that you will probably learn some things about hardware as you go.
I heard that C is the most powerfull language under unix and almost the complete system is written under it.
You can do everything with it. Where is a good toturial?
I don't remember what book I used to learn it. Right now I have the O'Reilly book _Practical C Programming_, but I don't know if it is as good as it could be.
If you decide that you want to learn C++ instead, I like _Using C++_ but my wife says _C++ Primer Plus_.
Can you read and write directly with the printer port or does the kernell block that?? I got a programm from someone that putted some assmebler in his c programm to adress the printer port.
And where can I find an overview of all the *.h files that you can use under FreeBSD
As others have noted, don't do this.
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The other languages that I know are:
Perl, I could only find that it is especially for tasks for your system and that it's based on C
Shell scripts, for tasks for your systems and simple programms
Python.
Good, I think you will find that knowing Perl and C is a very good combination.
What are the advantages of these languages above C...
Faster development time... for example string manipulation of any sort in C is far more difficult than Perl. However, their are some things that you can do in C far more efficiently than in a higher level language.
PS- Java is a nice language if you want to learn something purely object oriented. However, some people object to Sun's politics.
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