Re: [dev] Suckless Way to Learn How To Program

2010-08-27 Thread Brandon LaRocque
Thanks! :) -- Brandon LaRocque

Re: [dev] Suckless Way to Learn How To Program

2010-08-14 Thread Jacob Todd
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Re: [dev] Suckless Way to Learn How To Program

2010-08-14 Thread Kris Maglione
On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 06:20:17PM -0400, Brandon LaRocque wrote: This is a pretty easy question to ask, though I'm not sure how hard it would be to answer. My question to those at Suckless is this: My son is interested in computer programming, and given the way that programming is being taught,

Re: [dev] Suckless Way to Learn How To Program

2010-08-14 Thread Kris Maglione
On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 09:34:30AM +0200, yy wrote: You may want to have a look at the zillions of threads asking this question in reddit.com/r/programming. My personal advice: "Starting Forth" by Leo Brodie. Once he knows some basics, he should learn some more modern language and try to solve p

Re: [dev] Suckless Way to Learn How To Program

2010-08-14 Thread Alex Puterbaugh
I guess the suckless website itself has tons of example code just lying around. Surf's pretty easy to wrap your head around. I suppose it wouldn't be too bad for a beginner to start playing around with. >On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 06:20:17PM -0400, Brandon LaRocque wrote: > This is a pretty easy q

Re: [dev] Suckless Way to Learn How To Program

2010-08-14 Thread Antoni Grzymala
Antoni Grzymala dixit (2010-08-14, 10:33): > Szabolcs Nagy dixit (2010-08-14, 01:27): > > > sicp used to be the basic book for teaching programming as > > Marc Weber dixit (2010-08-14, 03:10): > > > Maybe a simple Ruby tutorial like this: > > http://pine.fm/LearnToProgram/?Chapter=00 > > is a g

Re: [dev] Suckless Way to Learn How To Program

2010-08-14 Thread Antoni Grzymala
Szabolcs Nagy dixit (2010-08-14, 01:27): > sicp used to be the basic book for teaching programming as Marc Weber dixit (2010-08-14, 03:10): > Maybe a simple Ruby tutorial like this: > http://pine.fm/LearnToProgram/?Chapter=00 > is a good start. Of course it only covers the very basics. If we're

Re: [dev] Suckless Way to Learn How To Program

2010-08-14 Thread yy
You may want to have a look at the zillions of threads asking this question in reddit.com/r/programming. My personal advice: "Starting Forth" by Leo Brodie. Once he knows some basics, he should learn some more modern language and try to solve problems: his problems. Programming is just a tool, not

Re: [dev] Suckless Way to Learn How To Program

2010-08-13 Thread Marc Weber
Excerpts from Brandon LaRocque's message of Sat Aug 14 00:20:17 +0200 2010: > This is a pretty easy question to ask, though I'm not sure how hard it > would be to answer. My question to those at Suckless is this: > > My son is interested in computer programming, and given the way that > programmin

Re: [dev] Suckless Way to Learn How To Program

2010-08-13 Thread Josh Rickmar
On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 06:20:17PM -0400, Brandon LaRocque wrote: > This is a pretty easy question to ask, though I'm not sure how hard it > would be to answer. My question to those at Suckless is this: > > My son is interested in computer programming, and given the way that > programming is being

Re: [dev] Suckless Way to Learn How To Program

2010-08-13 Thread Szabolcs Nagy
* Brandon LaRocque [2010-08-13 18:20:17 -0400]: > My son is interested in computer programming, and given the way that > programming is being taught, I don't think it's the right way to go > about learning.What would you guys here suggest for a self-learning > curriculum that I could set up for hi

[dev] Suckless Way to Learn How To Program

2010-08-13 Thread Brandon LaRocque
This is a pretty easy question to ask, though I'm not sure how hard it would be to answer. My question to those at Suckless is this: My son is interested in computer programming, and given the way that programming is being taught, I don't think it's the right way to go about learning.What would yo