[wplug] first language

[Bill]

My suggestion:

Stick with C, pick up the oreilly book, Unix Systems Programming.  


  
On Tue, 2003-04-01 at 10:34, 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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