programming

[sladiwala]

i am thinking of learning how to program apps and stuff (not necessarily gui) for linux. i have redhat 6.2. what worries me is that by the time i can create apps fluently, redhat 6.2 will be obsolete. so will i be able to transfer my programming skills (at that time) to the new version of redhat, or do i have to learn it over again?

[Tyr-7BE]

Red hat file structures will always remain the same. You have nothing to worry about :)

And use VIM...it's crunchy :)

[ 27 February 2001: Message edited by: Tyr-7BE ]

[sladiwala]

Originally posted by Tyr-7BE:
Red hat file structures will always remain the same. You have nothing to worry about :)

And use VIM...it's crunchy :)

[ 27 February 2001: Message edited by: Tyr-7BE ]


what about if i learn programming in linux mandrake (i have 7.2.)??

[andrzej]

It's a joke, isn't it ?

Linux was Linux and will be Linux. No matter which distro you choose.

If you learn programming under Linux you learn quite a lot of basic stuff that will be the same for other OSes (yes, even for Windows).

It doesn't change from version to version ! There is a very slow evolution: libraries change, the system itself changes, but you'll be easly able to catch up even after 10 years of not programming.

Learn C and C++. Have fun.

[bakerb]

Linux is POSIX compliant. This means (roughly) that code that you write to run on a Linux will probbablly port to any other POSIX os.

-bakerb