B_O_B, I am curious what your goals are for learning how to program. Why don't you let us know what types of programs you want to create and that might help people to offer more targetted advice. Do you want to learn how to construct shell scripts to automate your system? Are you looking to create a web / database application? There are languages that are better for some things than for others, so help us to help you and shed some light on the subject. Regards, Gabe _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list