Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2001 08:13:05 -0700 From: Joe Warner <rootman@xmission.com> To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>, "Tyler K McGeorge" <treznor@sunflower.com> Cc: "Damien Tougas" <damien@carroll.com>, <freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Looking for Yoda Message-ID: <01031108370900.00256@blackmirror.xmission.com> In-Reply-To: <xzp1ys4v3iv.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> References: <20010310230724.A292@sprig.tougas.net> <000601c0a9f9$31b88120$103b7c18@palisor.yi.org> <xzp1ys4v3iv.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
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Ok, I'm jumping in on this one..
Like others in this thread, I've come to the realization that learning to
program with FreeBSD would be beneficial.
I've used FreeBSD for a year now and still have zero programming experience. I
spent $200+ on O'Reilly books for C, Python and Perl but still don't know which
book I should start reading first.
Most of those with programming experience I have talked to have recommended I
start with C but didn't provide clear explanations as to why.
I understand that if you learn C, then most other object oriented languages
will be easier to learn. Can't I start with, say Python? I've read a lot of
exciting things this language can do and that it's been gaining a lot of recent
popularity.
When I decide upon a language, where should I start? With books? College
courses? Both?
For me, programming has always seemed like this obscure/unreachable plateau
populated by members of a secret society of gurus that speak their own language.
Kind of like the stock market and it's traders and analysts. 8^)
Regards
Joe
You know you're in trouble when your wife asks you;
"Would you like me any better if I had a square face?"
-me
On Sun, 11 Mar 2001, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote:
> "Tyler K McGeorge" <treznor@sunflower.com> writes:
> > | I am in the process of learning C programming, but I seem to running
> > | up against a bit of a problem: I have nothing to program.
> > I seem to have the same problem. I've learned several languages, but all on
> > personal projects. By the time I got to C, I ran out of projects. [...]
>
> Lucky for you, we have a whole batch of projects just waiting for
> someone to work on them:
>
> http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr-summary.cgi
>
> They're not all really that hard. Many of them can probably be closed
> without any more action than verifying the bug they report no longer
> exists, or never existed in the first place. If you're looking for
> something more long-term, try this page:
>
> http://www.freebsd.org/projects/
>
> If you're serious about it and do useful work you'll end up with
> commit bits in no time :)
>
> DES
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