Re: Worth still to learn perl 5?

Equally silly questions:

Is it worth it to buy a computer today when those that will be for sale two years from now will have twice the hard drive capacity?
Should I buy a 2005 Honda when 2006's will be introduced only 365 days from now?
Should I get a degree in medicine now, even though the cure for AIDS is ten years away?
Should I fill my gas tank at $2.29/gallon even though the spring should bring lower gas prices?
Should I get a haircut today even though it just keeps growing?

The answer to any of those questions (including yours) is best given in the form of a question: Do you need it now?

Dave

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Re^2: Worth still to learn perl 5? by Joost (Canon) on Dec 22, 2004 at 23:15 UTC
davido++ Should I fill my gas tank at $2.29/gallon even though the spring should bring lower gas prices? Should it? (I don't have a car, so I don't have any direct experience with gas prices, but I would guess that whole war in the middle-east and the depletion of gas reserves have more to do with the price) By the way $2.29/gallon is awfully low compared to the prices here in europe (4.6 euros per gallon, apparantly) Should I get a haircut today even though it just keeps growing? :-) I'm still waiting for my hair to be long enough to be affected by gravity. "What should it profit a man, if he should win a flame war, yet lose his cool?"	[reply]
Re^3: Worth still to learn perl 5? by davido (Cardinal) on Dec 22, 2004 at 23:21 UTC
I'm not really sure that gas prices will be better in the spring. ...but then again I'm not entirely sure that Perl 6 will be ready by then either. ;) As for the haircuts, for some of us each new year brings us closer to the day where we no longer need them. Dave	[reply]
Re^2: Worth still to learn perl 5? by Tommy (Chaplain) on Dec 25, 2004 at 06:57 UTC
LOL! ++davido -- Tommy Butler, a.k.a. TOMMY	[reply]