Evening Reading
by Steve Gibson, Jul 19, 2007 3:59pm PDTYes, another new feature showing up in test form is the new download servers on FileShack with support for download managers and new locations. We'll have a technology overview and more info on what we're up to detailed on FileShack in the coming weeks but for now just try it out and see. If you don't have Mercury service, it's available to fuss with on the latest Civ IV Beyond the Sword Demo. So here is this stuff:
- Pricey space vacations :(
- Ultracold
- They solved checkers!
- Landing on Mars
Civilization 5: Brave New World trailer delves into new ideologies
What the community thinks of Xbox One
Rumor: Microsoft's NFL deal cost $400 million over 5 years
SimCity 4.0 update offers 'launch park,' new region
Need for Speed Rivals announced, coming November 19



So I posted earlier about learning to program:
http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=14788038#itemanchor_14788038
So it seems like the consensus is either C or Perl. Perl and/or Python would directly apply in my job, and while I have dabbled in Perl a bit I've forgotten it all. It was very confusing to me, but I wonder if it wouldn't be better for me to start with something I could apply right away rather than learning C to get the core concepts down. I have a feeling learning C first would probably benefit me in the long run.
What is Ruby all about? It seems like a cool language that would be easier to learn, but i can't tell how well it would apply when I went to learn new languages.
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