Re^5: Is it still worth learning Perl as a first language?

in reply to Re^4: Is it still worth learning Perl as a first language?
in thread Is it still worth learning Perl as a first language?

"Efficiency is a very relative term. Efficient compared to what? Runtime? Compiling? Deploying? Developing?"

Fair enough. Let me try to better articulate my intent, regarding that statment.

I meant with regard to actual deployment. As one simple example; I wouldn't use Perl to write something best suited for Client side JavaScript. Would you? ;-)
But as you later stated; it really is fantastic for prototyping, and can indeed solve most real-world problems -- makes for a good problem solver; as I originally mentioned. ;-)

"Also, I assure you that you will make more money if you get hired doing Perl, than you will in almost any other language at this time (that said, you've got to be damned good and experienced)."

Ahem... Didn't I pretty much say just that, in my reply? ;-)

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