I personally try and avoid using Perl when I can. Perl is difficult to
learn to write proficient code in. Perl's moto is, "There is More Than
One Way to Do It" which also mean there are more than a million ways to
mess up. Depending upon the programmer Perl can be a write-only
language. You can even look at your own Perl code and think "What in the
world, did I write this?" My mind is cluttered with enough garbage so I
will not learn anymore Perl than necessary. Long live modern languages!
Perl is a necessary evil for a web developer, so I recommend O'Reilly's
Learning Perl, http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/lperl3/
-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Malone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 3:03 PM
To: PHP Users
Subject: [PHP] PHP vs Perl question
I'm pretty new to programming - besides JavaScript, PHP is really the
first
language I've used.
I'm just wondering, and I'm sure you all would know - should I learn
Perl?
Is it considered a necessity for a web developer to know Perl, or is it
not
a worthwhile endeavor, considering how easy PHP is to learn and use?
Someone
I know told me not to bother, but I just wanted a second opinion.
(BTW - if you think it is worthwhile to learn Perl, what is a good book
to
begin with?)
Thank you!
Tom Malone
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