I have captured KG's idea of using [ LANGUAGETIP] as subject for
filtering. Also you can filter on
.a-language-tip-a-week. similar to .a-tip-a-day.
And I shall mention the language name like this: [ LANGUAGETIP -
Python] or [LANGUAGETIP - Perl ] or
[ LANGUAGETIP - C] or [ LANGUAGETIP - lua].
This mail is not the weekly tip. I wish to clear the air before we
start. Some basic concepts in a brief bullet form:
o Scripting languages are weakly typed. C is strongly typed.
Most scripting languages treat everything as string.
o Scripting languages allow swapping and simultaneous
assignment. x,y = 1,2 and x,y = y,x to swap values.
o Certain languages like javascript and lua allow strings to
be used as function names and actually call them. We
call such functions as being first class objects.
o Object oriented programming is a breeze in scripting
languages. Not the design pattern, polymorphism bullshit
that companies, trainers and C++ programmers bullshit you about ;)
o C programming needs a lot of care and domain knowledge.
Your ignorance will surely bite you unlike all the
other languages we discuss. So please learn C with
diligent effort and understand what you are doing.Completely.
o Here is a great lua reference:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lua_(programming_language)
And you have an online book on lua here:
http://www.lua.org/pil/
I shall be conducting a one day lua course in the next month or so
after discussing with Bharathi. Please come
prepared.
-Girish
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Gayatri Hitech
web: http://gayatri-hitech.com
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