RE: Learning more/Linux programming books
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On Wed, 20 Jan 1999 10:01:35 +0100, Antonio A. Rivas Ojanguren wrote:
>>You can start with any language. For a complete beginner, I would advocate
>>Scheme. Even if you don't want to do big projects in Scheme, you can start
>>very fast. A good book on programming (using Scheme) is Structure and
>>Interpretation of Computer Programs, Abelson/Sussman.
>I can't say anything about Scheme because I don't know it. I'll put an eye
>on it and then I'll tell you what I think.
I don't know, I think if there were a language to start newbies out on,
it is perl. Don't have to worry about many of the things that other
languages force upon you yet gives you a good gounding in how those other
languages work.
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