Re: [dev] Programming as a hobby - which language?

2019-05-07 Thread Jonathon Fernyhough
On 07/05/2019 14:10, Maciej Janicki wrote: > I think teaching toy languages like Scratch is generally a bad idea. It might > be easy to learn, but it fails to show that programming is actually useful. It depends what you're teaching. If you're teaching a programming language, then Scratch is not

Re: [dev] Programming as a hobby - which language?

2019-05-07 Thread Maciej Janicki
Hi sZpak, > I prepare myself for doing programming classes/course for kids/teenagers > in a local community center. And I need your advice. > > **I have to choose language/technology/environment to teach.** it may sound crazy, but how about shell scripting? It is unlikely that your course atten

[dev] miniyacc

2019-05-07 Thread Daniel Cegiełka
Hi, I'm going to use Quentin's miniyacc with (for example) bc.y from Plan 9: https://github.com/9fans/plan9port/blob/master/src/cmd/bc.y Of course, I had to modify the code (a bit), but unfortunately I still get an error when using miniyacc - works correctly with yacc from OpenBSD and Plan 9. I'

Re: [dev] Mailing list searching

2019-05-07 Thread David Demelier
Le 07/05/2019 à 04:05, opal hart a écrit : On Mon, 6 May 2019 08:13:32 +0200 Hiltjo Posthuma wrote: On Mon, May 06, 2019 at 02:34:28AM +, opal hart wrote: Shouldn't this be a FAQ entry at this point for any suckless projects depending on Xft? If only we could teach people to read...