From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 2 Aug 2001 04:26:45 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 2 Aug 2001 04:26:35 -0400 Received: from khan.acc.umu.se ([130.239.18.139]:22729 "EHLO khan.acc.umu.se") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 2 Aug 2001 04:26:27 -0400 Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2001 10:26:19 +0200 From: David Weinehall To: peter revill Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: university studies? Message-ID: <20010802102619.A6387@khan.acc.umu.se> In-Reply-To: <20010801052200.25526.qmail@webmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.4i In-Reply-To: <20010801052200.25526.qmail@webmail.com>; from arevill@bigpond.net.au on Wed, Aug 01, 2001 at 01:22:00PM +0800 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Aug 01, 2001 at 01:22:00PM +0800, peter revill wrote: > Ok, im 16 and looking at heading into uni as soon as ive finished year > 12. I'm gonna head on over to uni, i am wondering out of curiosity > what courses most kernel developers have done? im going to do either > bachelour of computer science, or information technology, at a later > date, when im done my studies im hoping to help with kernel > developing, mozilla etc. etc., so i was wondering what people would > consider the course that gives you "kernel development" sort of > skillset-mindset any feedback is appriciated, please CC it to my mail > adress at arevill@bigpond.net.au I'd suggest deep studies of Zen/Chan-buddhism, Taoism, logic, discrete mathematics, c-programming, haskell or ml (functional programming), algorithm-theory & analysis and a course or two in operating-system theory. At least, that's what I've studied. One could argue it didn't help a lot, but... The best thing of all to study is source-code, though. Learn from those who already mastered the art of programming. I've head that Plan 9 is available as source-code. Get it and learn from the best. /David _ _ // David Weinehall /> Northern lights wander \\ // Project MCA Linux hacker // Dance across the winter sky // \> http://www.acc.umu.se/~tao/