I've decided that one of these days, I need to learn a programming language and get something accomplished. Now, I'm on OS X, which favors Objective C....I believe (correct me if I'm wrong), so that would be the logical jump. But since OS X is a unix breed, gcc and what have you are in full force, so any guide written for a unix compy should be fine.
If someone has some OS X specific information (regarding cocoa and what have you) for total newbies, I'd pee myself with joy. However, if I can just get a command line program to make fun of me, I'll be happy.
Of course, if you've got a better idea (and I bet quite a few will) go ahead and chime in. Anyone?
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Anonymous2005-01-20 5:23
While Objective-C is much easier than C++, you still need to know plain vanilla C to use it. But here is a starting point for you:
But answer me this, is Java a good gateway for other better languages? I herd C++ is a hard language to dive at straight on.
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Anonymous2006-12-01 7:25
>>12
Start with Java and you just might end up falling in love with Python :)
signed,
Anonymous Python Fanboy
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Anonymous2006-12-01 8:11
Programming language fanboyism is retarded.
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Anonymous2006-12-01 12:16
>>13 Start with Java and you might end up quitting your job/career
Fixed
Python is nice, but I don't know if it'd be the best idea to start with it (you don't want to get thrown stuff like "UNBOUND METHOD NOOB HA HA" on your face when you try your first lines of codes, do you?). Besides Python (or Ruby), I recommend C (again, probably not as first, you don't want to do *(int *)&x[**p] in your first month).
One of my friends started his career writing Java programs and eventually got so stressed he went on the sick for months and quit.
Though come to think of it, it was more because his brother transformed into his sister. But programming Java every day probably didn't help.
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Anonymous2006-12-01 16:45
come to think of it, it was more because his brother transformed into his sister
Why would that bother him so much? A year or so of Java would have me climbing the walls, but my brother changing sex wouldn't rate more than a 'meh, happens'.
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Anonymous2006-12-01 17:07
If your brother turned into your sister... would it be okay to hit it?
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No, cause he's a fag and still a he, but he may be cursing his Y chromosome because if he had been born a girl (as he wanted) they could have been fucking.