From: Seth Kurtzberg <seth@...>
Date: 2003-03-10T11:26:43+09:00
Subject: Re: Thinking of learning Ruby

On Sunday 09 March 2003 07:17 pm, Daniel Carrera wrote:
> > Althoug getting a job in programming is a concern of mine, I think
> > I'd still be able to find another line of work. I am however very
> > interested in being a volunteer developer for a Linux distribution,
> > it would certainly help me learn the programming language.
>
> Most of Linux/OSS is written in C, in the Unix tradition.  KDE is an
> exception, it is mostly C++.
>
> C is easier to learn than C++, and to some degree it is a subset of
> C++.

ANSI C is a proper subset of C++, so not "to some degree", 100%.

>
> I would suggest you learn Ruby first, then C then (possibly) C++.  In
> my case I've never had a compelling reason to learn C++.  I only know
> C.

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