On Saturday 01 December 2001 06:26 pm, Mr. Jan Hearthstone wrote: > --- Alec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wednesday 28 November 2001 11:01 pm, Mr. Jan > > > > Hearthstone wrote: > > > Where do I start learning programming so that > > > > I > > > > > can compile installs, etc.? Right now I am > > > > learning > > > > > HTML a bit, but what else should I start learning? > > > Thanks Hearthstone. > > > > You don't usually need to be a programmer to compile > > things. > > For non-debian GNU packages, > > ./configure && make install > > usually suffices. > > > > If you just want to learn programming, pick a > > language depending on your > > specific goals and your background and learn that > > language. Either way, it's > > probably OT on this particular mailing list. > > > > Alec > > But let's suppose that I want to learn programming > (perhaps to compile kernels, etc.) - what would be a > good start? Symbolic logic? (Where to get a good > instruction on that one?) C++? ... Slip? What language > is the one most widely used for Linux? > Thnx, Hrthstn.
To compile Linux kernels IIRC all you need is make xconfigure && make deps && make bzImage OTOH if you want to *contribute* to the Linux kernel, you need to know C (I hope you also need to know it really well, for your contributions to actually be used in the kernel) This should be a good start if you are clueless: http://dmoz.org/Computers/Programming/Languages/ IMO C++, while not perfect, is usually a good language to know, but you need to have a somewhat high IQ to find it more useful than some other simpler languages. Alec P.S. BTW, this is OT. _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
