[wplug] first language

Mike Griffin mike at dmrnetworks.com
Tue Apr 1 10:47:13 EST 2003


My programming is pretty much limited to shell scripts, and some mild C 
stuff, so I haven't attacked this myself yet, but I heard that python 
was a good language to start with. It's supposed to be easy, yet 
useful, to learn and use. Anyone have more of an  insight on this?

Mike

On Tuesday, April 1, 2003, at 10:34 AM, Scott Bourns wrote:

> I need some advice from sys/net admins and web gurus about a first
> programming language to start with.
>
> I want to add some programming to my knowledge bank. My primary focus 
> is
> network/system administration, but I'm heading more and more toward the
> web/remote admin category as well.
>
> I think I want to add some Java, PERL, PHP to my skill list, but I have
> very little programming background (a little exposure to C and some
> hacking of PHP and Java).
>
> Where should I begin? Which language should I really know first?
>
> In other words, I'm ready to knuckle down, but I don't want to head in
> the wrong direction and get frustrated by wasted or fruitless efforts.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Scott
>
> P.S. Obviously, this would be a convenient time to start with PERL, but
> do I need to know a fair amount of C/C++ first?
>
>
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