rich wrote: > > Howdy everyone, > > I was wondering: what are the tools available in Debian that one would > consider part of the "standard" toolbox of a programmer? > > I have programmed for several years in BASIC, and dabbled Fortran and > Pascal. Now I want to learn C, Perl, and (maybe) Java... mostly for > relatively simple tasks around my lab such as coming up with programs to > generate forms for random assignment of experimental groups, taking raw > data and manipulating it in various ways into forms suitable for pasting > into a statistics package and presentation, etc. In addition, I'm trying > to design a lab web-page and would like to be able to have collaboraters > post and retrieve data from an SQL-type system... > > My basic question is: for these languages and tasks, what tools would > make my life easier? I know about Gdb, but haven't figured out how to > use it yet... what else does Debian offer me? > > Thanks in advance, > > Rich > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
You might want to take a look at Python (http://www.python.org) as an alternative to Perl. Your BASIC and Pascal knowledge will transfer better. - Kris
