> Hi,
> I am a Perl programmer but I miss some things in Perl. For this
> reason I am looking for another, better (if any) programming
> language. Maybe Python would be my choice. Can you please
> answer the following
Everybody else seems to have answered this pretty well but I just wanted to
chime in with some thoughts.
About a year ago I was in the same boat as you. I had worked with Perl for
awhile and even after working with it almost daily and studying several perl
books and online manuals, I still was missing most of it. For everything I
would learn in Perl, I would forget something else. After about six months
of working with Perl, I still wasn't comfortable with the synatax.
Plus another thing that was bugging me about perl was the lack of help. Ask
anything but the most archaic question about Perl in a newsgroup or mailing
list and I'd be either ignored or assaulted with RTFM's. A common answer on
the Perl lists is "We can't do the work for you." or "We get paid to write
perl so we won't do it for free". My answer is why bother communicating at
all then? I wasn't looking for someone to write my code, I was just looking
for a few answers or hints in the right direction.
I had heard of Python and decided to post a question similar to yours in the
comp.lang.python group. You can read the thread here:
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&safe=off&th=42224e23d70add24,55&start=
0. Not only did I get the answers I was looking for, I was given very
thorough answers in a non-patronizing way. It was a breath of fresh air. I
was pointed to the python tutorial and after reading through it, I was
writing python code in no time. Compared to the half dozen or so Perl books
that sorta helped, I've only purchased two python books, a Python Reference
(which is almost the same form is available for free -- just wanted to
something in small book form), and a Mark Hammond's guide to working with
Python and Windows both of which have been invaluable references for me.
I can't say enough about Python. If you decide to give it a try and would
like further help, let me suggest [EMAIL PROTECTED] The list is maintained
by people who are doing nothing but helping people with programming problems
and finding solutions to problems.
Good Luck!
Joel
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