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On 1/24/06, stu <
wien33@cox.net> 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 <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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