Re: Programming for Electronics Engineers

From: Rich Grise (richgrise_at_example.net)
Date: 01/17/05 

Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 00:58:44 GMT

On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 10:00:06 -0800, John Larkin wrote:
...
> I think pRogramming should be the fourth 'R' of basic education,
> something everybody can do. Modern OS's have gone a long way to making
> programming something only pros have time to learn.
>
> If I wanted to spend serious hours learning a new computer skill, it
> would be learning Linux.

With what you know now, you'd spend about four serious hours getting a
Linux system up and running, with all the tools you could ever want, built
in. Which language do you like?

C
C++
8086 assembly
Pascal
Fortran
perl
php
python
There may be more, this is OTTOMH.

And I'm pretty sure there's a way to do arithmetic in a shell script.

With Linux itself, there's very little you need to learn. I use Slack, but
I guess there are others that are recommended for "beginners". I've
tried Redmond^H^H^H^HHat, but found it too windows-ish for my taste;
other than that, you'd have to look around.

FWIW, the first time I downloaded and installed Linux (late 1990's), I
looked at the array of distros available, and decided on Slackware,
because I liked the name. :-)

Have Fun!
Rich

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