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tydynrain

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From: Lower Puna, Big Island Hawai'i

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Programming Languages for Contributing to Arch

Hiya fellow Archers. I didn't where exactly to put this post, but I figured that putting it in Newbie Corner was the safest decision. This is mostly directed at the developers, and perhaps the TUs as well.

I love Arch. Not just the parts of it with which I interact on my computers, but the whole Arch framework, and I want to see it continue, and get better, for as long as possible. Because of that I feel a strong desire to contribute to Arch as much as possible, which I have been doing, in small ways so far. I want to go deeper, however. To do so, I need to learn new skills and improve the skills I presently do have.

Up until this point I've not learned any programming languages in any depth at all, in part because there are so many, and I didn't even know where to start, though I do tend to learn patterns and human languages quickly. With that said, what would be the most beneficial and useful programming language to learn for contributing to Arch?

I'd guess C, but I really want to hear from those that are actually working on Arch. I am well aware, of course, that it would require a fair bit of time, experience, and practice to actually get to a skill level that would be useful. I'm willing to do that.

Thank you for reading.

Tydyn.

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Alad

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Re: Programming Languages for Contributing to Arch

C (pacman), python (archweb, namcap, pyalpm), PHP (aurweb), bash (all the rest)

https://git.archlinux.org/

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Trilby

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Re: Programming Languages for Contributing to Arch

Up until this point I've not learned any programming languages in any depth at all, in part because there are so many, and I didn't even know where to start

Do not seek the "right" language, seek enlightenment in all of them.

But, of course, you will likely start with one or two at a time, and for that I second Alad's recommendations.

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Re: Programming Languages for Contributing to Arch

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/bfi/

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tydynrain

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From: Lower Puna, Big Island Hawai'i

Registered: 2017-10-26

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Re: Programming Languages for Contributing to Arch

@Alad @Trilby  @ewaller

Thank you guys for your comments, suggestions, and humor! I appreciate it!

Tydyn.

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Arch Linux, the most exciting thing since Linus created Linux and married it with GNU/GPL.
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