Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2016 08:00:19 +1000 From: Felix Friedlander <felixphew0@gmail.com> To: Allen <bsd_atog@comcast.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: "Simple" Languages in FreeBSD Message-ID: <FB2CB047-D6C5-4281-8D5C-B8B51AD1FD20@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20160630175243.063e07a7@KoggyBSD.org> References: <20160630175243.063e07a7@KoggyBSD.org>
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--Apple-Mail=_2BC9644A-4E4A-4807-82ED-A3F1A50CC065 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > On 1 Jul 2016, at 07:52, Allen <bsd_atog@comcast.net> wrote: >=20 > Hi, >=20 > I've been using FreeBSD on and off since 4.0-CURRENT, which seems like > almost a lifetime ago now, heh. I'm currently using FreeBSD > 10.0-RELEASE and even though I've gotten my latest order from the > FreeBSD Mall (Which I bought 10.3-RELEASE on DVD along with a bunch of > other stuff for myself and my Wife) I'm not ready to upgrade yet since > I've gotten my system working how I like (Got WindowMaker set up, and > FVWM2, and some other stuff set up) so I'm using it for now. >=20 > Anyway, in all these years that have passed using FreeBSD and a bunch > of Linux distros, I never had time or patience enough to learn > Programming Languages, and I'm getting more and more to the part where > I'm thinking it's a good idea more so now than before. >=20 > I have the book "Learning Perl" that I bought a while back, and I've > also downloaded a bunch of stuff for Perl, Python, Ruby, and others, = so > I'm just curious on basically what Languages anyone here would > recommend. >=20 > Literally anyone who responds with an opinion, I'm interested. Being > easy to learn for someone who isn't great with Math but does = understand > Unix is a plus but not a requirement. I was starting to teach myself > Ruby on a Linux box I was using for a while and Ruby did seem to be > going OK, but a lot of the FreeBSD Books I've bought recommend Perl, > and I've also had just as many reasons from people saying to try > Python, so basically any Language and what reasons would be great. >=20 > -Allen Hi Allen, Perl may have been the language of choice 10 or even 5 years ago, but = unless you have a specific reason I would wholeheartedly recommend = Python as a first language. It=E2=80=99s incredibly easy, very powerful, = the standard library is amazing (you can implement a full SMTP server or = web server in about 10 lines of Python) and it=E2=80=99s available on a = huge number of platforms, including FreeBSD. I find perl to be ugly, and ruby like a slightly worse, more complex = Python, but that=E2=80=99s just my opinion, and if you learn any of = these 3 languages you will not go too far wrong. Of course, this is coming from the guy who decided to teach himself C++ = as his first programming language, so make of that what you will. --=20 Felix Friedlander <felixphew0@gmail.com <mailto:felixphew0@gmail.com>> --Apple-Mail=_2BC9644A-4E4A-4807-82ED-A3F1A50CC065 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=smime.p7s Content-Type: application/pkcs7-signature; name=smime.p7s Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 MIAGCSqGSIb3DQEHAqCAMIACAQExCzAJBgUrDgMCGgUAMIAGCSqGSIb3DQEHAQAAoIIVRTCCBHUw ggNdoAMCAQICEEOXQUtz9dNAT9/4o8H24nQwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQELBQAwdTELMAkGA1UEBhMCSUwx FjAUBgNVBAoTDVN0YXJ0Q29tIEx0ZC4xKTAnBgNVBAsTIFN0YXJ0Q29tIENlcnRpZmljYXRpb24g QXV0aG9yaXR5MSMwIQYDVQQDExpTdGFydENvbSBDbGFzcyAxIENsaWVudCBDQTAeFw0xNjA2MDEy MTI0MDFaFw0xOTA5MDEyMTI0MDFaMEQxHTAbBgNVBAMMFGZlbGl4cGhldzBAZ21haWwuY29tMSMw IQYJKoZIhvcNAQkBFhRmZWxpeHBoZXcwQGdtYWlsLmNvbTCBmzAQBgcqhkjOPQIBBgUrgQQAIwOB hgAEAd9iFZSiKobJSFRViu+9sLMgg5zUq9CfxF3DZwJ+iH8xzgBlhUPOxe91JdDWvOkglLgyFClD 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