RE: Why would I learn PERL ??

2003-12-24 Thread mcdavis941
If you choose software engineering as a career you'll prolly learn like 25 languages.  Perl is just so damn handy -- it's easy to do things you'll frequently want to do -- that it's likely to be one of them.  If you're not a software engineer, then Perl is a good language for casual programmers

Re: Why would I learn PERL ??

2003-12-24 Thread James Edward Gray II
On Dec 24, 2003, at 11:08 PM, Tone wrote: Hello, I'm interested in programming languages and am somehow new to this field.I am moving from Windows to Linux and am interested in engaging in the programming world. What I would like to ask is: why would I be interested in learning Perl ? All pro

Re: Why would I learn PERL ??

2003-12-24 Thread R. Joseph Newton
Tone wrote: > Hello, I'm interested in programming languages and am somehow new to this field.I > am moving from Windows to Linux and am interested in engaging in the programming > world. What I would like to ask is: why would I be interested in learning Perl ?Give > me the main reasons why I

Re: Why would I learn PERL ??

2003-12-24 Thread drieux
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Why would I learn PERL ??

2003-12-24 Thread Tone
Hello, I'm interested in programming languages and am somehow new to this field.I am moving from Windows to Linux and am interested in engaging in the programming world. What I would like to ask is: why would I be interested in learning Perl ?Give me the main reasons why I may be interested in