Re: [PLUG] non-nerdy ... scripting

[jeff <jeffv@op.net>]

Brent Saner wrote:
> oooh, you're about to pop your scripting cherry!

much like the other one, I prefer having someone else involved.


> don't worry, it's VERY non-scary. i feel pretty comfortable with it,

insight appreciated.

> and i'm
> the guy that can't write a line of code to save his life. 

I once purchased a C++ book.  I got exactly two paragraphs into it and
my head exploded.....   (I got better)

I suspect that was a topic best gone over one-on-one, rather than reading.


>  can't do it. same thing with french.)

Is that like telling someone you can skin snakes?
(well, that's nice.... but why WOULD he?)

I once worked with a bunch of Indian contractors.  As we got to know
each other, I asked them if they had any good American jokes.  I'd never
heard any and I bet they're hilarious.

They had none, so I asked them what they DO have.  The first thing they
said was that they had French jokes.

I wonder what's more rare: American jokes or countries without French
jokes...


> there are a lot of really great texts out there for scripting. i MUST
> recommend "A Practical Guide to Linux: Commands, Editors, and Shell
> Programming" by Mark G. Sobell (of the Sobell publishing house, i believe),
> as well as "Linux Shell Scripting with Bash" by Ken O. Burtch.

oh great... now I have to invent "Scripting on MP3" to listen to instead
of podcasts.  Drive time just got that much more interesting. (Sorry,
officer, I kept getting my for-nexts mixed up with my do-whiles.)


Thanks for the recommendations - I'll definitely check them out (after
banging my head against the desk because I can't just figure it out as-is).


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