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I use the word "program" pretty loosely. To me, a script is a program. But for what it's worth, I think a working knowledge of the gnu utilities is worth more
by unimpressive 14y ago
I use the word "program" pretty loosely. To me, a script is a program.
But for what it's worth, I think a working knowledge of the gnu utilities is worth more than most programming languages to most people. (If you're on a system that supports *nix utilities.)
Ideally it's not an either or thing.
- celer 14y agoHow would you recommend gaining that knowledge?
- unimpressive 14y agoThis free book: http://linuxcommand.org/tlcl.php http://linuxcommand.org/tlcl.php The best way I know short of immersing yourself in a community of *nix geeks for a long period of time. If you were looking for something more grandmother or time friendly, I'm afraid I can't help you.
- roryokane 14y agoI know that a script is a program. That's why I defined “script” as “write a program […]”. I included my definition of “script” because I was worried about people misinterpreting me… but it seems people misinterpreted me anyway. With my comment, I wasn’t trying to contradict your original comment. I was just trying to reword the concepts to be more specific. “Everyone can script” was meant to be a more specific version of “Everyone can program” that might convey the concept better to those who shared or at least understood my definition of “script”.