Re: Learning Algorithms using Perl.

Perl combines advantages of many languages to make programing easy for people coming from different paradigms.

But there are two sides of this medal.

Some complain it's hard to read and/or to learn. They deny it to be "a proper language" because they have only one model in mind.

Others praise that they learned to master a rich tool set.

To answer your question: it's an excellent language to learn algorithms, because there are more than one way to implement them.

It's mainly an image problem!

For instance I remember reading about a conference on functional programing where some speakers were surprised to learn that Perl has closures and lexical variables.

Cheers Rolf
_{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language and ☆☆☆☆ :)

Je suis Charlie!}

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Re^2: Learning Algorithms using Perl. by Anonymous Monk on May 08, 2017 at 21:02 UTC
"Perl has closures and lexical variables." Yes but they are harder to read and learn than all other languages.	[reply]
Re^3: Learning Algorithms using Perl. by Laurent_R (Canon) on May 08, 2017 at 21:52 UTC
I totally disagree with that. It's in fact easy to read and to learn.	[reply]
Re^4: Learning Algorithms using Perl. by Your Mother (Archbishop) on May 08, 2017 at 22:05 UTC
Maybe you didn’t read what that anonymous monk had to say. THEY ARE HARDER IN PERL THAN ALL OTHER LANGUAGES!!! ALL OF THEM!! EVERY PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE!!!! FROM ADA TO ZKL, PERL IS DESTROYED BY EACH AND EVERY!!!! I’m quite surprised you don’t recognize a superior authority when it makes points devoid of evidence, history, credibility, and identity. What is the Internet coming to?!?	[reply]
Re^5: Learning Algorithms using Perl. by Anonymous Monk on May 08, 2017 at 22:53 UTC
Re^4: Learning Algorithms using Perl. by LanX (Saint) on May 08, 2017 at 21:59 UTC
Sorry, but please don't feed my pet! OK ? ? ? Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language and ☆☆☆☆ :) Je suis Charlie!} PS: I call him Jeff others call him troll. ;D	[reply]
Re^5: Learning Algorithms using Perl. by Your Mother (Archbishop) on May 08, 2017 at 22:06 UTC
Re^6: Learning Algorithms using Perl. by LanX (Saint) on May 08, 2017 at 22:09 UTC