David Garamond said: > Gavin Henry wrote: >> I really like Perl, but lately everywhere I seem to go and talk to say I >> shouldn't be learning Perl as it's old and Python is better. > > My Good Lord, where have you been? Python is _already_ old news. Ruby, > baby! :-) > >> I am on the right path? > > The right path is probably to learn them all, and pick whichever > satisfies you the most. Or use the right tool for the right job.
That famous advice. I will have enough tools under my belt soon to make that decision. > > I know not everybody have the time to learn new programming languages > every few months. But frankly I think that's the best advice I can give > you. Learning new programming languages will make you a better > programmer, and it will asnwer your own question on whether you should > continue using language X, use both X and Y, or move on to Y completely. Agreed. > > Here's my own experience, hopefully it can help you. I know Perl since > 1997. It has taught me _a lot_ (about programming, about the hacking > culture, about other languages). Then I started to be interested in > Python around 2000. Despite 1-2 years trying to familiarize and use > Python, it never really got to me. I guess I never enjoy programming in > that language. Nowadays I very rarely use Python at all. I install > Python mostly just to run BitTorrent. Likewise, except Fedora needs it for a lot of things (I'm http://FedoraNEWS.ORG/ghenry) > > Then I started to be interested in Ruby in 2001. This I like. But > despite promising myself to replace Perl with Ruby, today I still > program like 50% : 50% in Ruby : Perl. There are just some things that I > can write much faster and more convenient using Perl. Especially when > writing one liners or when I can just use one or two CPAN modules and > get the job done. CPAN is the best. > > And then there's PHP. I use (or have to use it) since 1999. Despite > swearing several times never to use PHP again, and cursing every time I > have to code many lines in it, today I am still stuck with PHP at times. > > I found that, once you learn enough Perl, you just can't let it go > completely. Perl and CPAN are too damn useful :-) This is another common reason I have read...people always come back to Perl. Gavin. > > -- > dave > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
