Octavian: > Yitzle: >> 1) If you are interested in learning to program for the sake of >> programming (vs getting XYZ done), Perl probably isn't the best first >> choice. (Not that its the last choice or anything, but not first.) >> I'd personally advocate C/C++ or maybe Java. Maybe make Perl a third >> choice ;) > > Why? > I use perl as my primary programming language and I've made web apps > with it, desktop apps for Windows, portable desktop apps for Windows > and Linux. If I don't need to work in a very big team of programmers > and I don't need the programming language to force us all to use the > same style and syntax, why should I use C++ or Java?
Yitzle, who was dearly missing from the attribution section in your posting, mentioned Perl as not being his first choice for *learning* to program. Now read his reply again. -- Affijn, Ruud "Gewoon is een tijger." -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
