Re: My foremost goal in 2009 is to:

Learn C. I know lots of Perl, but not enough C. I want to contribute to some C/C++ open source apps, but I can't do that yet.

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Re^2: My foremost goal in 2009 is to: by Joost (Canon) on Jan 16, 2009 at 20:35 UTC
I'll recommend the Joy of C - the only C book I enjoyed reading, and its enthusiasm is infectious. "What should it profit a man, if he should win a flame war, yet lose his cool?"	[reply]
Re: My foremost goal in 2009 is to: by jonadab (Parson) on Jan 14, 2009 at 16:12 UTC
Learn C. I tried that four different times. (Well, technically it was C++ two of those times.) It... didn't take. These languages are so feature-impoverished, you absolutely cannot believe it. You do not want to program in C or C++. It's not fun. Read more... (2 kB) Do yourself a favor: pick a language to learn that sometimes gets positive reactions from people who have previously used Perl. Ruby, for instance.	[reply]
Re^2: My foremost goal in 2009 is to: by wilsond (Scribe) on Jan 17, 2009 at 10:37 UTC
I would just completely ignore C, but so many projects out there use it and I'm helpless when it comes to making modifications to them or contributing to the projects code-wise.	[reply]
Re^2: My foremost goal in 2009 is to: by xiaoyafeng (Deacon) on Jan 16, 2009 at 13:07 UTC
I feel pain also! But I have no idea to write a perl module for my C/C++ colleagues! :( In my opnion, perl embed is the only flaw of perl5. That's why I'm drooling about perl6 & parrot. I am trying to improve my English skills, if you see a mistake please feel free to reply or /msg me a correction	[reply]

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