--0-474285592-10473246824886 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Just to take you a little off subject for a moment: I'm also a newby. I went to your site and installed Ruby (Windows version). On the comand line level it works just fine. Now to create a program. Therein lies my problem. At home I am running LINUX, so I don't expect a problem (I'll install the LINUX version and use #!). At work, though, I'm not that lucky. I am running on an XP platform. I can't use #! here so how do I define the directory where my .rb modules will be run from? Daniel Carrera <dcarrera / math.umd.edu> wrote:> Althoug getting a job in programming is a concern of mine, I think > I'd still be able to find another line of work. I am however very > interested in being a volunteer developer for a Linux distribution, > it would certainly help me learn the programming language. Most of Linux/OSS is written in C, in the Unix tradition. KDE is an exception, it is mostly C++. C is easier to learn than C++, and to some degree it is a subset of C++. I would suggest you learn Ruby first, then C then (possibly) C++. In my case I've never had a compelling reason to learn C++. I only know C. -- Daniel Carrera Graduate Teaching Assistant. Math Dept. University of Maryland. (301) 405-5137 --0-474285592-10473246824886 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii <P>Just to take you a little off subject for a moment: <P>I'm also a newby. I went to your site and installed Ruby (Windows version). On the comand line level it works just fine. Now to create a program. Therein lies my problem. At home I am running LINUX, so I don't expect a problem (I'll install the LINUX version and use #!). At work, though, I'm not that lucky. I am running on an XP platform. I can't use #! here so how do I define the directory where my .rb modules will be run from? <P> <B><I>Daniel Carrera <dcarrera / math.umd.edu></I></B> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE style ADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">> Althoug getting a job in programming is a concern of mine, I think <BR>> I'd still be able to find another line of work. I am however very <BR>> interested in being a volunteer developer for a Linux distribution, <BR>> it would certainly help me learn the programming language.<BR><BR>Most of Linux/OSS is written in C, in the Unix tradition. KDE is an <BR>exception, it is mostly C++.<BR><BR>C is easier to learn than C++, and to some degree it is a subset of <BR>C++.<BR><BR>I would suggest you learn Ruby first, then C then (possibly) C++. In <BR>my case I've never had a compelling reason to learn C++. I only know <BR>C.<BR><BR>-- <BR>Daniel Carrera<BR>Graduate Teaching Assistant. Math Dept.<BR>University of Maryland. (301) 405-5137<BR></BLOCKQUOTE> --0-474285592-10473246824886--