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On Tue, 05 Jan 1999 00:07:12 +1100, Shane Bearham wrote:
> Darren Spiteri wrote:

> > On Tue, 29 Dec 1998 15:59:08 +1100, Louis Hissink wrote:
> > > One very important factor that most posts to this query omit is the need
> > > to learn C, at least on a rudimentary level, as well as the usual
> > > popular texts
> >
> > Why?
> >

> Unfortunately for most newbies........Linux  evolved from a developers
> perspective not a users perspective....

I'm hardly a newbie and I really can't see why you need to know C to be able
to use and be proficient in a unix environment. It's handy to be able to
modify source for a custom environment but with today's modern distributions
this is merely a luxury for those who feel the need.

I would have thought Perl would be a better candidate for all-round handy good
guy at a distribution administrative level. Then again, Perl isn't a million
miles away from C, maybe bash competence is all you need.

Maybe it's fair enough to say that all you need to know is vi. ;)
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