[wplug] first language

Weber, Larry A laweber at switch.com
Tue Apr 1 11:21:10 EST 2003


Python tried to implement the OO that Perl did not have for a long time.
While Python has found its niche as a programming language used to exend
other applications (like Blender), I don't see it as a main stream language.
I can't tolerate a language that is whitespace dependent.  Python uses
indentation instead of brackets.  And five spaces does not equal one tab,
even if they look the same.

Maybe you could consider Ruby.  This is one of the cleanest OO languages I
have seen.  It is still a little new so the libraries are not extensive but
they are growing fast.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Mike Griffin [SMTP:mike at dmrnetworks.com]
> Sent:	Tuesday, April 01, 2003 10:47 AM
> To:	wplug at wplug.org
> Subject:	Re: [wplug] first language
> 
> 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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