Hi gurus,

I am new to program. I've download parrot source code for study. But on the first glance, I'm a little confused at parrot's layout: 
2008-03-25  11:03    <DIR>          .
2008-03-25  11:03    <DIR>          ..
2008-03-21  09:40    <DIR>          apps
2008-03-21  09:44           271,818 ChangeLog
2008-03-21  09:41    <DIR>          compilers
2008-03-21  09:41    <DIR>          config
2008-03-21  09:44             7,980 Configure.pl
2008-03-21  09:44            13,353 CREDITS
2008-03-21  09:44             4,474 DEPRECATED.pod
2008-03-21  09:44               466 DEVELOPING
2008-03-21  09:40    <DIR>          docs
2008-03-21  09:44               683 DONORS.pod
2008-03-21  09:40    <DIR>          editor
2008-03-21  09:44    <DIR>          examples
2008-03-21  09:40    <DIR>          ext
2008-03-21  09:40    <DIR>          include
2008-03-21  09:43    <DIR>          languages
2008-03-21  09:40    <DIR>          lib
2008-03-21  09:44             9,103 LICENSE
2008-03-21  09:44               828 Makefile.PL
2008-03-21  09:44           246,664 MANIFEST
2008-03-21  09:44            17,491 MANIFEST.generated
2008-03-21  09:44            58,896 MANIFEST.SKIP
2008-03-21  09:44             1,001 META.yml
2008-03-21  09:44            35,181 NEWS
2008-03-21  09:44             1,510 parrot-config
2008-03-21  09:44             5,275 parrot.spec
2008-03-21  09:44            22,118 parrotbug
2008-03-21  09:44             4,710 PBC_COMPAT
2008-03-21  09:44             4,785 PLATFORMS
2008-03-21  09:40    <DIR>          ports
2008-03-21  09:44             5,013 README
2008-03-21  09:44             1,701 README_cygwin.pod
2008-03-21  09:44             7,447 README_win32.pod
2008-03-21  09:44             3,041 RESPONSIBLE_PARTIES
2008-03-21  09:38    <DIR>          runtime
2008-03-21  09:40    <DIR>          src
2008-03-21  09:41    <DIR>          t
2008-03-21  13:55                32 test.c
2008-03-21  13:55                93 test.cco
2008-03-21  09:44               638 TODO
2008-03-21  09:40    <DIR>          tools
2008-03-21  09:44                 7 VERSION

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It seems to me that there is no any books to introduce how and why organize files.
To understand the meaning of every dir and files took me about 3 to 5 hours. But now, my question is:
is it a typical layout in Linux program? I mean, If I'd like to start a project in Linux, should I create a similar layout?
And If really so, is there a free tool to prompt this process?

Thanks in advance! Any reply would be appreciated!

In reply to Is there a typical layout in linux program? by Anonymous Monk

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