Re: Python (was Re: I did not inhale)

On Wed, 21 Aug 2024 09:26:41 +0200
David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> boringly babbled:

So I don't question that it is interesting, informative, or a pleasure
to read.  I question that it is /necessary/.  You simply cannot argue
that people who want to program for Linux /must/ read that book.  There
is no justification for that claim.  There is no justification for
claiming that people wanting to program for Linux need to read any books
on the topic at all, nor for claims that people need to "know POSIX" to
be able to write code for Linux and/or in C.

Only knowing core C will severely limit what you can do on any OS. If
you're happy just coding up file processors or some self contained
mathematical algo and simply writing to stdout or a file then fine, but to do
anything more sophisticated you'll need to know the OS API whether its posix
+ X on *nix or Win32 on Windows.

There are a thousand and one ways to learn about the workings of Linux -
and that's counting "reading books" as one way, regardless of /which/

Linear learning is usually better than snippets from google. If you want
to learn a shakespear play you read the book, you don't google little bits
of it at a time.