by tuxsax » Fri Nov 07, 2008 12:15 pm
Yep, similar to perl in matters of what it does, you write a script, the engine in the PC reads and runs it.
Perl is a little more comlex, but still not impossible to learn, there are online courses for it, I've started once one named "Perl in 21 Days" they recommend you to do what you need in the day 1 and not keep going, wait till tomorrow and continue with day 2, etc. It's a good course, I think it's even downloadable in PDF format.
I guess there are similar documents for python too.
C is a higer level and will give you programming power, and for someone that knows C all the rest are peace of cake, you can find a lot of similarities between programming languages, the more you see and learn, the easier new ones seem to you. The basics and programming logics are very similar to each other, but I couldn't find an easy way to learn C alone, it's too hard for me, so I prefer to start from easier ones.
Anyway, I think no matter language you chose, keep in mind that bash scripting is also something interesting, useful and will help you in the future, sometimes you HAVE to combine some bash in your perl or python scripts. So if you're into linux, start by learning bash to the depth of it, I've seen crazy and sophisticated scripts made in bash, if used right, it can be very powerful too.
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