[wellylug] Non-standard languages on Linux

[Jethro Carr]

cheers Tony,


I'll take a look at some of the python stuff. :-)


On Mon, 2005-05-09 at 23:21, jumbophut wrote:
> For the few people who were talking about less mainstream languages on
> Linux at tonight's meeting:
> 
> * Python: the language behind Gentoo's portage and Google.
> 
> <http://diveintopython.org/> (freely downloadable book, easy reading)
> <http://www.pythonchallenge.com/pc/index.htm> (I have only made it to
> problem 7 and I've been stuck so long I'm close to giving in and
> looking for a hint in the forums).
> 
> * Lisp: the language used to manipulate extend emacs.
> 
> <http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/full-text/book/book.html> (what every
> year 1 MIT comp sci student must know!)
> <http://www.paulgraham.com/onlisptext.html> 
> 
> * Ruby: Asia's Python?
> 
> http://poignantguide.net/ruby/ (possibly the wierdest programming tutorial ever)
> 
> * Haskell: purer than lisp (i.e. very pure)
> 
> http://haskell.org/ (it tries to explain simply, but I still find
> monads hard to get a grip on)
> [Yes I did just say 'monads', with an 'm', not a 'g' :-)].
> 
> -- 
> Tony (echo 'spend!,pocket awide' | sed 'y/acdeikospntw!, /l at omcgtjuba.phi/')
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-- Jethro Carr

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