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Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 14:36:42 -0500
From: Darryl Gibson <n2diy2 AT gmail DOT com>
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Subject: Re: [geda-help] Help, how can I help?
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On 01/21/2012 03:07 AM, Andrew Poelstra wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 08:15:02PM -0500, Darryl Gibson wrote:
>>
>> My question to this group is, what programming language would be most
>> beneficial for me to learn, to help with gEDA?
>>
> 
> C, certainly. It is a very small language (though we use some
> libraries, particularly GLib, which are very big), and generally
> follows the principle of least surprise -- though it does so by
> forcing the programmer to specify everything!

Ok.

>> I think I should learn Git, so I can stay current with developments?
>>
> 
> Well, certainly learn the basics (the 'clone', 'pull', 'branch', 'commit'
> and 'diff' commands). But there is no need to become an expert. This
> project doesn't use any of the crazy features of git you see, for example,
> maintaining the Linux kernel heirarchy.
> 
> A good introduction is here: http://progit.org/book/

Ok, thank you.

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Darryl Gibson N2DIY
Linux, free software, for the people, by the people.