françai s dijo [Tue, Sep 09, 2014 at 03:17:00PM -0300]: > Members of forum, especially the ReactOS developers, I could not > resist the urge to now post the following message: > > This message is mainly for developers of ReactOS operating system.
Umh, I'm sorry, this is Debian-land, you will not find many ReactOS people here. > What are the programming languages that were used to develop the > Debian Linux ? Practically any and every language you can think of. Debian is not just Linux (Linux is mostly written in C, with bits of assembler), but a set of literally tens of thousands of other projects. > Probably the Riga Technical University and University of Latvia > continue teaching coding in binary code, in other words, machine language. > > I say this because about three years ago the Riga Technical > University and University of Latvia continued teaching coding in > binary code, in other words , machine language. > > The Riga Technical University and University of Latvia made based > projects in Debian Linux using coding in binary code? > > The developers of Debian Linux think there was no point in coding in binary > code three years ago as they did or make the Riga Technical University > and University of Latvia? [Let me put my teacher hat on] Let me correct a bit your point here: I can *assure* you the University of Latvia didn't ever teach to code either in binary code or in machine language. In any case, they might have taught some kind of assembler, a set of mnemonics that are assembled (translated) into its binary equivalents in a much straighter fashion than any higher level language. I know few people that can do bits of debugging looking at binary code. But I don't know anybody that actually prefers that to assembler. It has no direct meaning for humans, much less so in complex architectures such as x86 (MIPS has quite a bit of regularity, so you can +- easily recognize some constructs, but still, assembler is prefered). Now, as to your question: When is said language taught? It would *really* surprise me if you told me the University of Latvia taught assembler to newcomer students. Students have to grasp the basics of programming *and like it*. Some universities start with C; I don't think it's a good idea: A much higher-level language (often Python is chosen) makes it much easier to grasp the logic of stating the steps of an algorithm to be executed in order, and will allow students to better grasp programming paradigms, data types, etc. At some point, lower-level languages should be studied. C is a great example, as it exposes a lot of complexity while still being quite human-readable. I use bits of fake-assembler when showing some points in my class about Operating Systems. The course on Compilers also benefits clearly from assembler. It helps students understand what *actually* happens when you do a given call. But I don't intend on teaching how to actually program in assembler (I'd have to learn to do so first!) I hope my opinion is useful to you. Now, please note that basically nothing I said in this last couple of paragraphs is Debian-related. Of course, you can do Debian development in any language, including your favorite assembler. But you will find you need many other higher level languages much more. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140909234903.ga92...@gwolf.org
