![]() And if you think I'm going to get into something as profoundly _boring_ as a MS/*nix/OS debate, think again:-/ For your bot? If you want it to run on a *nix box, probably not :-/Ĭ#? Sure, it's just a slightly different Java (in all interesting respects the exact same language). For some jobs, C# clearly is the right tool. Do you think I care, or MS, or Sun (if you think Java was one iota original when released, think again)? The right tool for the job, religious issues aside. But I wish more professional programmers would, because it would certainly lead to a world where C++ wasn't the default choice for just about everything:-/ I wish more people would treat languages as a tool, not religion, and stop saying profoundly stupid things like "I don't like rip-off languages.". ![]() As I said in my inital post, it was just a complaint about the fact that I find the whole state of affairs with why certain languages are more popular very depressing:-/ But I'm really interested in programming languages. If you really do want my opinion, which you don't. Spend some time reading around comparisons, understand the real abstractions, ideas, and histories which forced the design of all those languages. ![]() Learn some (non-exhaustive list) LISP/Scheme, Haskell, ML, Python, Perl, Basic, Ada, Erlang, Self, Prolog. Then learn different languages with different cultures behind them. Really, what makes you think you can learn the relative merits of C++ from a C++ book? No, learn CS, and CE. Yeah that's a lot to ask I know, but that's just me :P If Joe wants to use Linux he should get some fundamental understanding of stuff. IMHO Linux should never get any easier, just to please Joe Average. I got no problem with it, but Joe Average would. However, one thing a linux user should know how to do is compile. Of course maybe that's because I've installed a number of OSs till now and it might seem normal. I daresay the installation process was easier than I expected. Well Joe Average can go and install RedHat or Mandrakeīy the way, yesterday I installed FreeBSD 5.2.1 (my first contact with the FreeBSD world). People like you and me can install things like Linux with little or no problems but Joe Average obviously cant which is why he prefers to pay for an OS that really installs itself.
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