Re: Learning a new language every year can be dangerous.
"DanHinojosa" <[email protected]>
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--- In [email protected], "Jeremy Dunck" <jdunck@...> wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 2:11 AM, DanHinojosa <dh.evolutionnext@...> wrote: > > > > So this year I decided to go backwards and not learn a new language > > but relearn an old language I forgot too much about, C++. I did this > > because I really want to get into Linux development including its core. > > FWIW, you may wish to note that Linux core is firmly C; Linus has some > strong opinions on this. > http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/57643/focus=57918 > > Linus is definitely showing his ass in that thread-- you might debate > whether it was warranted. > > I make no comment. I just mean to help you in your goal: if you wish > to contribute to core, you want C, not C++. > Good stuff, thanks