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 <godber@uberhip.com> 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
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