David Freeman david_freeman@rocketmail.com writes:
This is why I stopped using package managers, they never worked, and compiling it was easier.
Is your nickname on IRC this evening going to be "flamebait"? ;-)
Debian's package manager does work and it's actually quite easy to build your own packages using deb-make, debuild and cursory glances at the manual. Since discovering apt-get source and debuild binary, I've not missed anything from the "build it yourself" side of things.
I still think taking a copy of K&R and reading it cover to cover would be a good move.
Sussman and Steele!
Most languages are very similiar, they all have sequence selection and interation, and C is quite easy to learn.
Functions, recursion, closures, continuations. Why do you need iteration anyway?
What would people consider as an alternative to PHP?
PHP's actually quite good at what it's good at. It is not a good tool for building large web-based applications, though.