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How do I program, /prog/?

Name: Anonymous 2009-11-06 20:17

I have installed a distribution of GNU/Linux. I'm not sure what to do next...
Can I have some help here /prog/?

Name: Anonymous 2009-11-06 20:19

Uninstall it

Name: Anonymous 2009-11-06 20:21

no no no you're doing it all wrong you're supposed to roll out your own GNU/Linux distribution from scratch, only with gnubinutils, gnucore and gnu gcc family of compilers

Name: Anonymous 2009-11-06 20:27

>>1
1. go to the cli and type in `python` (make sure to press return ;)
2. when the python interpreter shows up (you'll see some useless gibberish that you can ignore, type `print "Hello, world"`

Congratulations, you are now qualified to post on /pr/

Name: Anonymous 2009-11-06 20:30

How do I install Slime?

Name: Anonymous 2009-11-06 20:41

Thank you OP I have been entertained :)

Name: Anonymous 2009-11-06 20:49

Also, I just got a book from the library on algorithms, but it's all in Pascal ;_;

Name: PHPAdvocate !MARtiNys66 2009-11-06 20:56

Name: Anonymous 2009-11-06 21:04

>>8
I am not interesting in any web development.

Name: PHPAdvocate !MARtiNys66 2009-11-06 21:10

>>9
PHP is a general-purpose scripting language. It can do much more than web development. What do you intend to program?

Name: Anonymous 2009-11-06 21:14

>>10
I was thinking more along the lines of scientific/mathematical kinds of programs.

Name: PHPAdvocate !MARtiNys66 2009-11-06 21:25

>>11
4 of PHP's core libraries are dedicated to math functions. If that's somehow not enough, PEAR has 2 dozen math packages.

http://www.php.net/manual/en/refs.math.php
http://pear.php.net/package-stats.php?cid=15

PHP is easy to learn, fun to write, fast, secure, and widely available. I highly recommend it.

Name: Anonymous 2009-11-06 21:27

>>12
Martin GTFO

Name: Anonymous 2009-11-06 21:32

Can PHP do 'sqrt -1'?

>>11

Try Maxima or Gnuplot.

Name: Anonymous 2009-11-06 22:22

it's called Linux, NOT GNU/Linux.
get it right

Name: Anonymous 2009-11-06 22:35

LiGNUx

Name: Anonymous 2009-11-06 22:44

>>16
If rimmis had proposed that, he might have had more traction than he did with GNAA/stallmanix

Name: Anonymous 2009-11-06 23:03

I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.

Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called "Linux", and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.

There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called "Linux" distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.

Name: Anonymous 2009-11-06 23:29

>>18
But I did refer to it as GNU/Linux.

Name: Anonymous 2009-11-06 23:35

>>19
Yes you did, but the linux part should have been replaced with a GNU/Linux, and so on recursively

Name: Anonymous 2009-11-06 23:55

>>11
just use matlab

Name: Anonymous 2009-11-07 0:39

>>3
If you wish to make a GNU/Linux distribution from scratch, you must first invent the universe.

Name: Anonymous 2009-11-07 1:23

>>18
i hate this copypasta so much.
do people actually believe this shit? seriously?
makes me rage every time i head somebody say "GNU/Linux"

Name: Anonymous 2009-11-07 4:32

You should call it GNU / Linux. It's always good to separate yourself from gnu.
Also, OP, read some Python tutorials, some Perl tutorials, decide which one you like more, and don't listen to trolling. I personally hate Python and love Perl, but I know there are people who think completely opposite, so I propose you to try both, and decide which one you prefer. And don't listen to this PHP trolls, PHP is shit and it always was.

Name: Anonymous 2009-11-07 5:40

>>21
or Octave

Name: Anonymous 2009-11-07 5:51

I use GNU / X / Linux

Name: Anonymous 2009-11-07 5:57

>>18
By the way.

I have more than 119 executable files in my C:\Program Files (x86)\GnuWin32\bin directory. Shouldn't I refer to my OS as GNU/Windows, following the same logic?

Name: Anonymous 2009-11-07 6:08

>>27

the number of executables does not matter, as it was you who got them to be there. Infact, your Windows(™) experience woudln't change if you deleted them, but your interaction with The Linux would be reduced to cmd, hence the logically chosen name - GNU/Linux.

Name: Anonymous 2009-11-07 6:09

>>28
yeah yeah yeah.
GNU/Linux today, RMS/GNU/Stallmanix tomorrow.
go suck RMS's cock, you fanboy.

Name: Anonymous 2009-11-07 6:32

>>29
GNU/Stallmanix? Well, I believe it was not Stallman, who named his software after himself. Linux? LINUx? LINUS? SHIT BRICKS

Name: Anonymous 2009-11-07 6:45

>>30
Well he wrote the kernel.
That is, he wrote the operating system.
He deserves to name it after himself.
The GNUsers and Stallman just want to steal his credit.
I wouldn't complain if Stallman wanted to rename the Free Software Foundation "The Stallman Software Foundation"

Name: Anonymous 2009-11-07 7:12

>>30
Other people chose that name, Linux wanted to call it Phreax, learn your history
>>31
Grow up already rimmis

Name: Anonymous 2009-11-07 7:13

>>32
whoops >>31 should have said linus, rimmis would be >>30

Name: Anonymous 2009-11-07 7:51

>>27
You may call your system GNU/Windows but this isn't necessary as Windows already a complete system without GNU. A general Linux system without GNU is not the same; Linux an OS kernel.

>>29
In response to suggestions that Stallman's renaming efforts stem from egotism or personal pique, Stallman has responded that his interest is not in giving credit to himself, but to the GNU Project: Some people think that it's because I want my ego to be fed. Of course, I'm not asking you to call it "Stallmanix".

>>31
The kernel is not the OS by itself. It is a kernel. A complete OS is one that is defined by POSIX.

Name: Anonymous 2009-11-07 7:52

>>32
Rumasu

Name: Anonymous 2009-11-07 7:58

>>34
pick up any book on operating system design and it will define operating system to mean kernel.
ergo your wrong bitch

Name: Anonymous 2009-11-07 7:58

>>36
ストルマンリヒャドサン

Name: Anonymous 2009-11-07 7:59

>>34
It is 100% egotism and personal pique.
Do you really expect him to tell the truth about something like that?
Are you.... an idiot?

Name: Anonymous 2009-11-07 8:15

>>36
Fuck your stupid newbie books. I was writing operating systems before you were even born.

Name: Anonymous 2009-11-07 8:18

>>38
The truth is, RMS wants people to value their four essential freedoms WRT software. He has never advocated for Stallmanix, only GNU.

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