About programing, a general question

William Case billlinux at rogers.com
Thu Dec 23 16:32:06 UTC 2010


On Thu, 2010-12-23 at 08:11 -0700, James Mckenzie wrote:
> Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallaghan at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >I'd also like to add that this entire thread seems to me to be
> >off-topic. There are plenty of forums for discussing programming and
> >programming languages, but this is list is for discussion of Fedora and
> >as far as I can see not a single message in the thread has any direct
> >relevance to Fedora, or to Linux, or to operating systems in general.
> >
> However, this has been an interesting thread on what is the 'Best Programming Language To Learn With'.  Fortunately, Fedora and any other Linux distro, with few exceptions, provides a robust location to learn any of the languages discussed, even C++ and Java.
> 
> I agree, this thread has run its course and it is time for the OP to go out, buy a few books or Google around the 'net and start programming.
> 
> Good luck.

I would just like to add an observation.  I have been a member of this
Fedora Users site for 5 years.  I have noticed that at some point after
the release of a new version of Fedora a long OT thread develops.
Usually after 6 weeks to 2 months after the release.  It kind of signals
that there are no major problems remaining with the release and that
instead of Bugs and Support, a little community building is going on.  I
look forward to such a long OT thread after each release.

Often the threads are started by Trolls and everybody jumps in even if
they know better.  In this case, the OP's question although somewhat OT
prompted positive and interesting feed back that let some of us get a
better feel for who people behind posts are, who heretofore were just
recognizable names.

As I say, I always look forward to the 'every thing is ok with this
release' thread.

-- 
Regards Bill
Fedora 14, Gnome 2.32
Evo.2.32, Emacs 23.2.1



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