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"So, I get the thrust of what Tony is saying, but I also want to reassure
open source newbies that you don't HAVE to know C to participate fruitfully
in open source.”
I on the other agree fully with Tony _except_ I would replace “C” with
“Unixese” - I do know some C but have rarely found it necessary to
utilizing OS software. However the fact that everything is described in
assorted sub-dialects of Unixese _is_ a major inhibitor.
I try to follow some of the conversations on this list and frankly it is
putting me off trying a lot of the stuff. Take an extract from one of the
recent discussions on this list:
"OK thanks all - a little progress. I was now able to install ibm_db from
npm. However, node-gyp rebuild still fails for things like "hiredis". With
that gmake fails:
gmake: *** virtual memory exhausted. Stop.”
I guess it is English of sorts - but where the heck is one supposed to
start ?
Personally I’d like to see IBM make a lot more effort to make this stuff
comprehensible.
Jon Paris
www.partner400.com
www.SystemiDeveloper.com
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