Re: Learning more/Linux programming books

[Alexander Kushnirenko <kushnir@pccmu1.fnal.gov>]

Hi, Kent!

> read?  What computer languages do I need to learn?  In general if
> someone could point the direction.

You've heard quite a few recommendations about C.  And I agree with that.  But I think Pascal is somewhat easier language to start with.  It's based on my teaching experience of people who had absolutely no programming experience.  IMHO taking C next will be less painful.  You know, you can almost read Pascal program like a sentences from the book (well to a certain extent of course), it's less likely with C.

Turbo Pascal is very good programming environment, especially build-in help. (I still use Turbo Pascal 6 for DOS).  Free Pascal is a Linux version which is very close to Turbo Pascal as a compiler.
http://www.brain.uni-freiburg.de/~klaus/fpc/

And don't write window manager.  Write some fun games where bad guys are chasing you on the screen.  You'll learn a lot.

Sasha.