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Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:02:53 +0200
From: Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven <asmodai@in-nomine.org>
To: Rudi Kramer - MWEB <rkramer@mweb.com>
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Subject: Re: Recommend literature for beginner  programer
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-On [20080819 08:36], Rudi Kramer - MWEB (rkramer@mweb.com) wrote:
>I've been using FreeBSD for the last couple of years as an admin and I
>would like to take the next step and learn how to write code,
>specifically with FreeBSD in mind.

What is your goal?

I am of the opinion that, unless you want to dig into the kernel and such
things, your time might be better spent learning a language like Python.
Otherwise, if you want to dig into FreeBSD source code then you
automatically come to C. So depending on your goal the books differ.

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