Thanks to everyone for the input! It looks to me like starting with a good foundation in C/C++ is still the place to get started. On Tuesday 24 January 2006 19:42, Vaughn Treude wrote: > On Tue, 2006-01-24 at 12:18, Matt Nesteruk wrote: > > Perl is where its at. > > > > cheq out http://www.perlmonks.org/ > > > > :o) > > I also recommend learning C/C++, not necessarily because these languages > are better (or the fact that I myself have used them for many years) but > because so much open source is written in them. Although I'd like to > learn Perl and Python some day, I haven't yet run into a situation where > I needed to do that, because there's almost always a C/C++ > implementation. > > Vaughn > > > On 1/24/06, stu wrote: > > This is an interesting thread! One of the reasons I > > switched to GNU/Linux > > (aside from the most obvious M$ drawbacks), is the opportunity > > to get back > > into programming as a hobby without shelling out lots of money > > for the > > supporting software. My problem is that, other than some HTML, > > I haven't done > > anything serious since M$ Level 2 BASIC and some Z80 assembly > > many moons > > ago (when "Zelda" was a text based console game!). This > > experience doesn't > > translate well into { } and ::;s. > > I'm interested in Python, but I'd welcome suggestions > > and recomendations > > from others getting stared up again. > > > > On Monday 23 January 2006 22:01, Judd Pickell wrote: > > > If you are wanting to keep up with the newest techs, Python > > > > and Ruby are > > > > > the way to go. The core Linux languages are C/C++, PERL, and > > > > shell > > > > > scripting (atleast from my experience). Python is starting > > > > to take over the > > > > > PERLs role, but PERL is well entrenched I think. > > > > > > I am hoping to hunker down and learn Python here pretty > > > > soon. Many of my > > > > > favorite games are now using it for UI and modding > > > > capabilities, so I > > > > > figure I better learn it so I can play with their stuff. > > > > > > Sincerely, > > > Judd Pickell > > > > > > On 1/23/06, Austin Godber wrote: > > > > Josh Coffman wrote: > > > > > a clue how to program on linux also. Maybe Java. Maybe > > > > > Python or Perl. Anyone care to make recomendations > > > > > that one could fit into an already busy life. I could > > > > > > > > Welcome Josh, > > > > > > > > Here are some references: > > > > Python Tutorial > > > > http://docs.python.org/tut/tut.html > > > > > > > > Perl Book in PDF Format > > > > http://learn.perl.org/library/beginning_perl/ > > > > > > > > Ruby Book > > > > http://www.ruby-doc.org/docs/ProgrammingRuby/ > > > > > > > > Really, it depends on what type of stuff you are > > > > interested in doing. I > > > > > > don't know of any equivalent resources for C or C++. Sun, > > > > of course, > > > > > > has a ton of Java documentation. > > > > > > > > I have recently become a bit of a ruby fanboy. But > > > > admitedly I was > > > > > > pleased that I could extend the ruby pcap wrapper to parse > > > > ARP packets > > > > > > in an hour or two without knowing any ruby to begin with. > > > > > > > > Austin > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - > > > > PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > > > > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail > > > > settings: > > > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - > > PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > > > > -- > > "Two significant products came out of UC-Berkeley, LSD and BSD. I > > suspect there is a connection." > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss