What I find interesting is that alot of you are clumping C and C++ together.

I used to write C++, but after reading ritchie's book (and also startig to read some source codes) I found C more lovely, than C++.

bash, C, C++, Modula-2, Oberon, X11-Basic (a clone of GFA BASIC for the Atari ST/TT), and about 10 others I occasionally dabble in, like M68K assembly & MOS 6502 assembly, things of that nature.

I am still working with Java only, after I get that down good enough I am planning on looking into python.

Eek, the languages I actually use would be mostly Python, with a smattering of C/C++ (yes, I group them together because C++ is a proper superset of C, after all). The languages I know, on the other hand, constitute a much longer list. Lately I've been playing a lot with Haskell and Scheme/Lisp.

Perl needs to go away permanently.

Why? I am curious, since i've been learning that lately.

True, but let's get back to your Russian story. How much did you end up learning of it?

What i find cool is how many of you do Bash scripting as well. I know it's a unix/linux forum, but still how usefull is it in the end? (i am a complete newbee when it comes to it).

You sure you want to open that box here? :) I have no problem expounding on the perils of perl, but I have a feeling it'd be unwelcome here (at least in this thread, if not on this whole board).

strike, you been hanging around jemfinch? (= (hi, jemfinch, if you read this!)

Yeah, but you know as well as I that I love python on its own merits and hate perl because of its own numerous shortfalls and not because of someone else's opinion :)

I'm still in the process, actually.. I learned to pronounce the letters, and know some of the pronunciation rules (I can read it, but slowly). I've got a handful of words and phrases memorized, but that's about it. I keep a russian/english dictionary next to my computer at work and look stuff up all the time. It's a fascinating language.. if only I had a better memory for it, though. (=


shell scripting is very nice, because there are SOO many things you can do with it.. there are tools for many situations that are already a part of the OS and shell language(s) that there's no need to go any further (to other scripting/compiled languages).

The way I learned was by ripping apart the system scripts for bootup and such.

Also, the bash HOW-TO is packed full of goodness. You can even do regexp pattern matching and substitution in bash. Now that's qool!

Sure! I'd love to hear your opinion about Perl.
I've personally encountered *some* things i don't like and i'd very much like to know know what you think of the language since you've had far more experience with it.

So send me a pm or email!

:study:

EDIT:
TheLinuxDuck, thanks for the quick reply. Cool how you are liking Russian, it's definatly much harder than English (i can speak it, but can't write or read).

About bash scripting: So it's that good? Well, looks like something i should check out in the future. What are some good intro online resources on the topic? (Besides looking at the scripts themselves on my Linux install). Thanks again... :D

Bash scripting - very useful, damn near essential for any serious full-time linux user or admin. I write mini-scripts to do stuff all the time. It's also pretty dead simple to learn enough passable bash.

Perl - I'm afraid this kind of post will get locked, but I'll go ahead and make a separate thread with my perl rants in it sometime later. If it gets locked, I understand :)

Well i can't wait for it ;)

C++, usta do Java and javascript but havent in like 2 years.

i wanna get into alot the php,sql, and perl cuz i wanna do alot of webprograming. :)

work (desktop apps) :
VB.NET
VC#.NET
SQL

work (PocketPC) :
EVC++

work (contract Web App) :
Java (EJB & JSP)

home :
Python (just start using)
Bash (heavily)

back in school time (assignments):
C (heavily)
Perl

My Fav under M$ Window$ is C#
My Fav under Linux is C (probably would be replaced by Python soon)



It is hard to swith around the languages, but after few months practices, I get used to, and I also felt my skill level has raised because I become able to think in different way.
(eg. "how would I do this with C++" while I'm writting Java...)