Re: *** GMX Spamverdacht *** Re: graphical file managers

On Thu, 23 Oct 2003, Dexter Filmore wrote:

> > Alternatively, rather than learning C[++], learning something like Python,
> > particularly in combination with wxGTK and wxPython, will probably result in
> > much more instant gratification, especially if you insist on building an
> > application such as this from scratch.
> 
> Well, my first approah towards programming lies back in the days when I was
> around 10 and my Atari800 gave me BASIC, then moved on to Pascal in school.
> Then bought an Amiga and I lost interesting in writing code in favor of
> playing games.... unfortunately. (Besides, Amiga was no good developer
> platform).

There were some good development tools on the Amiga; Matt Dillon's shareware
DICE C compiler, gcc, SAS/C, heck, even HiSoft Basic and AMOS were quite
usable. Programming for AmigaOS did get quite complex at times; bits were
reminiscent of UNIX, but with no memory protection as standard, it sometimes
made debugging a bit frustrating.

> No that I need to start programming almost at zero level again, I will
> rather try to cluthc to the most spread high langs since I expect most
> support there plus makes it easier to follow the
> modify-instead-from-scratch idea.

Unless you're sure you need the performance of C or C++, I think one of
Python, Perl or Ruby would be the best place to start these days.
Interestingly, although I've been using Linux on x86 for over eight years,
it's the only platform I've used for which I haven't felt the need to write
assembly language. I can read assembly code, which is helpful in the
security biz and in verifying that gcc is doing the right thing (it usually
does).

> But thanks for the hint.
> 
> Dex

Best Regards,
Alex.
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