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GNU Autotools documentation, libtool, `man gcc`, You're going to need to know C, this ain't Windows land where we have VB, and other high level beginner lanague
by __glibc_malloc 11y ago
GNU Autotools documentation, libtool, `man gcc`, You're going to need to know C, this ain't Windows land where we have VB, and other high level beginner lanagues.
- nomel 11y ago"this ain't Windows land where we have VB, and other high level beginner lanagues." You say that like it's a good thing. What's wrong with high level languages that are easy to use? Progress is defined by making complicated tasks easier. I'm guessing the ASM guys used to say the same thing about C/C++ users.
- infamouscow 11y agoInstead you'll have to contend with userland tools written by amateurs that choose to ignore POSIX standards.
- devnonymous 11y agoUmm, guess you didn't read my request. When I said I grew up on Stevens and The Unix programming environment, I thought it implied that I knew C and as a veteran Linux developer IMHO, suggesting the Gnu autotools doc..man gcc (seriously??) is the worst answer to my question. One can learn application programming on Linux without first having to read through the entire man pages of the tools.
- mrits 11y agoActually you don't really need C. There is plenty of stuff in Python and Perl. Golang also has a ton of wrappers, and I'd consider that a pretty easy language.