Re: [Scottish] New to the group...
Colin McKinnon wrote: Hi Raj, 'widely' used with Linux (and other operating systems, but there are lots more languages of more minority interest (Fortran, Brain-f*ck, assembly...). Fortran - minority interest?!? Bah! :) Thanks, Allan ___ Scottish mailing list Scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
Re: [Scottish] New to the group...
Welcome Raj, The only book you need to buy is a C manual. Once you know some C you can look for programs with source code on the web for whatever area you're interested in. Most programs you can think off have already been written. The c compiler program in Linux is called 'cc' (or maybe just 'gcc'). If you don't have that installed get it from your distro. Martin Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com ___ Scottish mailing list Scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
Re: [Scottish] New to the group...
Spend time reading -- www.linuxtoday.org --- www.inuxjournal.org --- and as many Linux web sites as you can find for the first few weeks, this will give you a good understanding of the culture you want to be involved in. Decide what takes your fancy for programming (languages) and start looking at other people code. An easy option is to go with 'python' language for a start. -- www.python.org -- Once you have a grasp of coding join an opensource project and help debug the code to gain experience. By this time you will have a better understanding of yourself. And at that point you will be able to make some rational decisions. Read and read and read and have *FUN* Steve __ Stephen Donaldson General Manager OpenOZ Pty Ltd RedHat Certified Engineer Novell Authorised Partner www.openoz.net somarouthu venkata raja sekhar wrote: Hi everyone...I am raj n I am new to this group. I am a student at edinburgh uni n interested in understanding n writing code for linux. can some one help me out with some advice becoz thers lot of books n stuff available on the net but dont knw whr to start properly...thnxs Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com ___ Scottish mailing list Scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish ___ Scottish mailing list Scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
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On Friday 25 March 2005 16:20, somarouthu venkata raja sekhar wrote: > Hi everyone...I am raj n I am new to this group. I am a student at > edinburgh uni n interested in understanding n writing code for linux. can > some one help me out with some advice becoz thers lot of books n stuff > available on the net but dont knw whr to start properly...thnxs > Hi Raj, Welcome to Scotlug. So you want to write code for Linux...'Linux' is used to refer to both the kernel or to complete packages based around the kernel. Most distributions come with at least a dozen different programming languages (C, Lisp, Perl, PHP, bash, SQL...), there are about 30 or so languages 'widely' used with Linux (and other operating systems, but there are lots more languages of more minority interest (Fortran, Brain-f*ck, assembly...). There are (hundreds of ) thousands of Open source development projects already underway covering all sorts of topics, from Microcode and chip design to artificial intelligence. It might be helpful to go read ESR's 'How To Ask Questions The Smart Way' (http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html). HTH C. ___ Scottish mailing list Scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
[Scottish] New to the group...
Hi everyone...I am raj n I am new to this group. I am a student at edinburgh uni n interested in understanding n writing code for linux. can some one help me out with some advice becoz thers lot of books n stuff available on the net but dont knw whr to start properly...thnxs Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com ___ Scottish mailing list Scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
