How To Become A Hacker
Eric S. Raymond, Eric S. Raymond · 2008
Revision History Revision 1.40 3 Nov 2008 esr Link fixes. Revision 1.39 14 Aug Jan 2008 esr Link fixes. Revision 1.38 8 Jan 2008 esr Deprecate Java as a language to learn early. Revision 1.37 4 Oct 2007 esr Recommend Ubuntu as a Unix distro for newbies. Revision 1.36 21 Mar 2007 esr Add note about live CDs, and ten years to mastery. Revision 1.35 03 Aug 2006 esr Minor fixes. Revision 1.34 07 Mar 2006 esr Remove C# from the list of languages to be avoided now that Mono is out of beta. Revision 1.33 29 Nov 2005 esr Add a pointer to Peter Norvig's excellent essay. Revision 1.32 29 Jun 2005 esr Substantial new material on not solving problems twice. Answer a FAQ on hacking and opensource programming. The three questions that reveal if you are already a hacker. Revision 1.31 22 Mar 2005 esr