Re: Perl, the new generation

[Nathan Torkington]

Dave Storrs writes:
>       While it may be true that beginners don't need to use a particular
> feature--or even know about it--how will they know that until they have
> studied it?  

Documentation.  A curriculum, roadmap, suggested path, whatever.  Nate
Wiger's working on a man page to explain what bits of Perl are the
basics that everyone should know.  That might be sufficient.  I see
this as a documentation issue, not a need to trim the size of the
language.

Nat