Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 15:37:10 -0700 From: Bill Huey <billh@gnuppy.monkey.org> To: "David P. Caldwell" <inonit@inonit.com> Cc: Greg Lewis <glewis@eyesbeyond.com>, freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: A Call to Action for freebsd-java... Message-ID: <20020627223710.GA1416@gnuppy.monkey.org> In-Reply-To: <JIEPJODHFFPGJDGMCPBEEEEHDLAA.inonit@inonit.com> References: <20020628024759.A33080@misty.eyesbeyond.com> <JIEPJODHFFPGJDGMCPBEEEEHDLAA.inonit@inonit.com>
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On Thu, Jun 27, 2002 at 01:29:44PM -0400, David P. Caldwell wrote: > I "know" C/C++, but I don't know how to use debuggers, don't have any > experience making system calls, etc. This kind of hard-core practical > knowledge I imagine is important to what you are working on. (Stuff like > "run it under gdb and tell me what happens" seems to come up, but I have > only the vaguest idea what that means and wouldn't know how to interpret the > output.) It's a persistence kind of thing. You can only develope it by intense work like any other displine. > Presumably there are some people with my skill set laying around. What > would be the best way for *us* to help out (if there are any right now)? Raise the skill set to the level needed to do this work. Most of it is a mental problem, but once you get past that it's not as hard as one might think. bill To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message
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