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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!agate!news.mindlink.net!vanbc.wimsey.com!mmddvan!not-for-mail From: campbell@mdd.comm.mot.com (Duncan Campbell) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: Allow me to introduce myself. Date: 21 Jul 1995 02:00:39 -0700 Organization: Motorola - Wireless Data Group; Richmond, BC Lines: 73 Distribution: na Message-ID: <3unqbn$fsg@lyorn.mdd.comm.mot.com> References: <3um7vb$ls9@panix.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lyorn.mdd.comm.mot.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] I must say that you are ambitious. Be that as it may, do you have some reason to learn C/C++ other than an academic interest in computer languages? If you don't I would recommend that you consider using something like scheme or prolog to cut your teeth on. Scheme implementations appear to work particularly well on BSDI. Enjoy. Dhu Arthur Cinader (acinader@panix.com) wrote: : Hello, : My name is Arthur Cinader. I am posting to you from panix.com : located in New York City. : I am a computer hobbyist and not a computer professional, : although my job, managing a creative department, does involve : a lot of systems. : I got on the internet about three years ago with a dialup : shell account and a macintosh running zterm. This was my first : exposure to Unix (SunOs). : I switched to ppp and dialup ip about 1 1/2 yrs ago. : In this time I have read the K&R book on C programming and I : am about halfway through a text on C++. : I am also reading a guide to the C shell. : I purchased BSDI and a Compaq Deskpro LX P90 w/1gig SCSI in : December. : About a month ago, I talked the company I work for : (J. Crew group, inc.) into leasing me a 56k line so I can do : r/d on the internet. Hopefully, the NIC will get my name, jcrew.com, : up and running in a few days. : I will make every attempt I can to answer questions that I : seem capable of answering in this newsgroup, and I expect to : ask many questions! : My current projects are: : Get a very simple web page for J.Crew up and running (point : your browser at 165.254.159.2 if you want a preview...and to : see how simple I mean!.) : Get dialup ppp working (I can do dialout ppp, but I don't : understand all that is involved in setting up a use for a : dialup ip account...look for a post here on this soon!). : Figure out something that I would really like to code in C or : C++ : Get an intuitive feel for Unix, like the intuitive feel I have : for the MacOS (which I have been honing for the past 12 years) : WELL, just wanted to say hello before I make my presence felt! : AND if anyone of you live in the greater NY area, I would like : to personally invite you to the next Panix (Public Access : Unix, New York) beer gathering. : With Best Regards, : Arthur Cinader : acinader@panix.com : acinader@jcrew.com (pending NIC activation) : 212-886-2529