starting out as a "hacker"

[Cale_Dyllann]

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From: Cale_Dyllann@hotmail.com (Cale_Dyllann)
Newsgroups: comp.software.extreme-programming
Subject: starting out as a "hacker"
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Hi My name's Cale, Since like ever I was in love with my computer but
then I moved, started working, school , my time was completely
packed..... anyway BOOM 3 years later I forgot everything I ever knew
about computers except for just everyday comp. apps. that I used for
school. Anyway I'm really trying to become a hacker but not because
it's cool or something like that, just caz I want to know how this
piece of metal works and how can I use it to get the most out of it.
I've been trying to sort of teach myself C++, and JAVA, but I can't
get the hang of it.
So I would really appreciate if anyone of you hackers out there would
give me an advice on how to get started, what languages to maybe learn
first, or maybe where I can meet someone interested in computers
"hackers" or you know anything else you might have on the topic.


Thanks
I'd appreciate every responce
BYE

[Anthony Williams]

Cale_Dyllann@hotmail.com (Cale_Dyllann) writes:
> Hi My name's Cale, Since like ever I was in love with my computer but
> then I moved, started working, school , my time was completely
> packed..... anyway BOOM 3 years later I forgot everything I ever knew
> about computers except for just everyday comp. apps. that I used for
> school. Anyway I'm really trying to become a hacker but not because
> it's cool or something like that, just caz I want to know how this
> piece of metal works and how can I use it to get the most out of it.
> I've been trying to sort of teach myself C++, and JAVA, but I can't
> get the hang of it.
> So I would really appreciate if anyone of you hackers out there would
> give me an advice on how to get started, what languages to maybe learn
> first, or maybe where I can meet someone interested in computers
> "hackers" or you know anything else you might have on the topic.

See

http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html

and

http://catb.org/~esr/jargon/

[Cale_Dyllann]

OK it's awsome that people are answering and a lot of people wrote on
my e-mail and I probably got like 15 messages in all all saying that
it was aborted or something
So do any of you guys know why and how can I fix it

[Simon Strandgaard]

On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 21:59:44 -0700, Cale_Dyllann wrote:
[snip]
> So I would really appreciate if anyone of you hackers out there would
> give me an advice on how to get started, what languages to maybe learn
> first,
[snip]

My can recommend the language Ruby, it is very intuitive and easy
readable/writable. You will probably not find anything easier.

For a good introduction to the language, follow this link:
http://www.math.umd.edu/~dcarrera/ruby/0.3/index.html

My advice is NOT to start with either of these languages:
C++, C, VisualBasic, Python, Java.
They will only make you confused... later when you have
gained enough knowledge about programming you may try those out.

If you have any problems understanding Ruby, then please
post your questions/thoughts on the comp.lang.ruby newsgroup.

You can see one of my Ruby projects here (AEditor)
http://aeditor.rubyforge.org/

--
Simon Strandgaard