[LBo] Ruby or Python

[Howard Rosen]

Interesting comments below.  Let me suggest, since you are probably
interested in Linux, that you look into Perl, awk, sed and Java.  You
might also consider scripting with Bash to round out your Linux
strengths.  If you tend to be a logical thinker, then languages should
be fine for you.

Howard

On Thu, 2006-11-30 at 15:49 -0700, Jackson Robertson wrote:
> To the group,
> 
> A while back, last fall to be precise, I took a class on C++. I found
> this class to be a little under taught, the professor had trouble
> explaining some concepts, namely arrays. Since taking this class I have
> hardly even looked at programming as it just seemed out of my grasp.
> Though I really would like to be more proficient in my computer skills
> and have been thinking of getting into programming. Right now I am
> really interested in just two languages, ruby and python. My question
> is which would be better for a computer literate and someone who has a
> little knowledge of programming? Or would anybody suggest another
> language instead? Thanks for the feed back.
> 
> Jackson