[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hey guys, > > I am absolutely new to Linux programming, with no w######s programming > experience except a small amount of C++ console apps. > Reasonably new to Linux, BSD etc, got good sound networking base of > knowledge and dont have any problem working the command line etc. > > I want to learn a language that I can use in my networking duties that > is most likely to be of use to me. I have a few choices I can think of > being: > > Python > Perl > C > > Any other Langs out there that would be better suited? > > I want to be able to use the app's I write in OpenBSD and RH versions > of Linux > > What would you reccomend (Unbiased opinion please, I'm after the > functionality I'll love it later :) ) > > Cheers > > Ty >
Yes python will be good for this. I'm not so sure C is better suited. Definitely resist "shell scripting". Several chapters in Mark Lutz's _Programming Python_ will help with networking (after you have read through _Learning Python_ or equivalent). NewRiders publishes _Python Web Programming_ authored by Steve Holden, who visits this list on occasion. James -- James Stroud UCLA-DOE Institute for Genomics and Proteomics Box 951570 Los Angeles, CA 90095 http://www.jamesstroud.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
