On Fri, 2005-03-04 at 12:46 -0700, Evolution List wrote:
LOL Just as an aside....man do I ever feel sorry for someone coming to Linux from the Windows world and finding themselves having to become a sort of CLI programmer to get a program installed from source.<snip>Yes, running a few commands is not "programming", but yes, many windows folks will go into a tail-spinning panic if they have to actually type a command.Seen that, but not been there (I started on TRS-80 and then went to CP/M). But the leap from "type a few commands" to "had to program" is a leap too far.Please note the "sort of" before the words "CLI programmer" in my original post :).
I noticed it. My amended assertion still stands, though. "Pro-
gramming" means using "control structures" to have the computer
decide what to do.
Examples of control structures:
do-while
while-do
for-done (also for-endfor and for-end)
if-then-else-endif (also if-then-else-fi)
case-switch-esac
NOT PROGRAMMING:
./configure && make && make install
mv
cp
ls
PROGRAMMING:
for i in `ls -1`
do
if [ -d ${i} ]
then
echo ${i}
cd ${i}
./configure && make && make install
cd ..
fi
done
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