From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sun Jul 3 20:53:40 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 B2F00B90082 for ; Sun, 3 Jul 2016 20:53:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsd_atog@comcast.net) Received: from resqmta-ch2-03v.sys.comcast.net (resqmta-ch2-03v.sys.comcast.net [IPv6:2001:558:fe21:29:69:252:207:35]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "resqmta-po-01v.sys.comcast.net", Issuer "COMODO RSA Organization Validation Secure Server CA" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8548F2293 for ; Sun, 3 Jul 2016 20:53:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsd_atog@comcast.net) Received: from resomta-ch2-10v.sys.comcast.net ([69.252.207.106]) by resqmta-ch2-03v.sys.comcast.net with SMTP id JoNEbcbxjSVL4JoOYbEiTx; Sun, 03 Jul 2016 20:53:38 +0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=comcast.net; s=q20140121; t=1467579218; bh=P4utruP+XW+Hew3TsrdOxT9we3vUiR2F7ioNZwrWwJI=; h=Received:Received:Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:MIME-Version: Content-Type; b=ms2S7cG4D5JZJB5v5qq9ntU5PWPqo4Wgojnw1QCefGVbvuuNhR03usMAHx5QQl+ts jenLXMQ4bAefqvNyvfpecFwhwM8K6EgTSjVTQvNF0/geKQOnXl/xufb3182jlPiNDO EuJcWYCD2EXnkTtIu8tF7kSG/4W0RegYlr/Ylfx0uiQic6LKLt9XFZ7mdROg1NbcWu BiivmLZgB0QyNLJWMcYMsIKeC9aSNuCprtSpyv4TeDEJbCs/BpWYBlFO5zRhEsLW0R mez+ofPRdCsAeog2FefMQ/By+ObmdzevPogSkZhQHIMQErC/JvDp5SkV9wyTA5V16B 8Vv1g9IJDYm9g== Received: from KoggyBSD.org ([68.60.93.182]) by resomta-ch2-10v.sys.comcast.net with comcast id ELtd1t00U3w4emU01Ltevg; Sun, 03 Jul 2016 20:53:38 +0000 Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2016 16:52:54 -0400 From: Allen To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "Simple" Languages in FreeBSD - UPDATE Message-ID: <20160703165254.74f87f81@KoggyBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20160703213442.b2d520ffa7098cf33734e7d2@sohara.org> References: <20160703162634.5197b374@KoggyBSD.org> <20160703213442.b2d520ffa7098cf33734e7d2@sohara.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.13.2 (GTK+ 2.24.29; i386-portbld-freebsd10.1) 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 20:53:40 -0000 On Sun, 3 Jul 2016 21:34:42 +0100 Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote: > 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. > Thank you :) That's actually part of the reason I had decided on the Perl/Python/Ruby thing, as from what I've seen, each of those three have their own strong points and low points, and they're all a bit different even though it seems like people use them for similar tasks. Though I'm not sure that's something I'd do lol. Thanks again! -Allen