From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sun Jul 3 20:34:51 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED576B90AD4 for ; Sun, 3 Jul 2016 20:34:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from steve@sohara.org) Received: from smtp3.irishbroadband.ie (smtp3.irishbroadband.ie [62.231.32.5]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BA3142B8B for ; Sun, 3 Jul 2016 20:34:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from steve@sohara.org) Received: from [89.127.62.20] (helo=smtp.lan.sohara.org) by smtp3.irishbroadband.ie with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1bJo6F-00029B-5B for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 03 Jul 2016 21:34:43 +0100 Received: from [192.168.63.1] (helo=steve.lan.sohara.org) by smtp.lan.sohara.org with smtp (Exim 4.86_2 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1bJo6S-000DmX-L4 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 03 Jul 2016 20:34:56 +0000 Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2016 21:34:42 +0100 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "Simple" Languages in FreeBSD - UPDATE Message-Id: <20160703213442.b2d520ffa7098cf33734e7d2@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: <20160703162634.5197b374@KoggyBSD.org> References: <20160703162634.5197b374@KoggyBSD.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.5.0 (GTK+ 2.24.29; amd64-portbld-freebsd10.1) X-Clacks-Overhead: "GNU Terry Pratchett" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2016 20:34:52 -0000 On Sun, 3 Jul 2016 16:26:34 -0400 Allen wrote: > Shell Scripting > Perl/Python/Ruby > C .... Profit! :) Sounds like a plan - good luck with it and don't be afraid to spread yourself thin over the languages once you've got the basics under your belt. There's much to be said for spending just enough time with a language to understand what it is good for and where it's weak and then move on to learn another - when you have a real task to get done spend a few minutes deciding on the most suitable language from among the ones you know. You'll soon develop favourites. -- Steve O'Hara-Smith