Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 11:03:38 -0500 From: "Jason Holland" <jphollan@earthlink.net> To: "j mckitrick" <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: what language should i learn next ? Message-ID: <NDBBKPLIMKJCOCFNKHBLIENNDEAA.jphollan@earthlink.net> In-Reply-To: <20000907165111.B4757@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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> > On Thu, Sep 07, 2000 at 05:33:43PM -0700, Philipp Huber wrote: > | On 07-Sep-00 j mckitrick wrote: > | > > | > I want to set the goal of learning a new language in the next couple > | > of > | > months. These are the ones I am considering: > | > > | > perl > | > python > | > shell scripting (I am weak in this) > | > java (no freebsd support yet, right?) > | > | depends on what you want to do. > | my personal favourite is perl, but i don't know python anyway. > | you could try all of them and see which one you like most. > > I want to avoid that, if possible. I'd like to make an informed decision > from the beginning so I can use my time efficiently. I guess > what I want to > do is learn the tools that require some skill and that are efficient for > common jobs on a unix box. That way, if the door ever opens for a unix > career, I would have valuable skills that would set me apart. But I would > also like my knowledge to be useful now, on my little > non-networked laptop. > > Frankly, since I am not running on a network anyway, I first need to think > of some problems that need to be solved, or some tasks that can be > automated. > Learn shell scripting first, its extremly important. Then perl. You will find shell scripting an invaluable tool. Perl is wonderful, but its not installed on every unix box. Jason To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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