in reply to Disadvantages of Perl?

A different take:

I speak English as my first language. Some might say it's too flexable when they're attempting to learn. Others may point out the strange spelling exceptions and scoff. But I have no problem speaking and communicating with other English speakers.

I have a few friends that grew up speaking Spanish. They speak Spanish *and* English. I have other friends that spoke German at home and English at school.

Ok I''m rambling... let me get to my point.

It doesn't matter what language you begin with. The first language will be your native tongue... the others will be enhancments to your repitoir. I prefer Perl to other languages because it's just so cool to code *Perlish* things. It is flexable. There may be too much documentation for a beginner. But with a little perseverance you will realize flexability and forgivness are *features* of the language.

Did I make my point? I just want to impart to you that Perl is a fine language to start with. Don't fear the flexability... it's there to help.

El Moe

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RE: RE: Disadvantages of Perl?
by JanneVee (Friar) on Jun 14, 2000 at 02:16 UTC
    No your not rambling. My native tongue was Finnish. I live in Sweden and speak Swedish fluently.

    And as for my English. Well judge me by my writings if I'm any good.

    As for computer languages. In order that I learned them.

    1. Basic
    2. Pascal
    3. C
    4. Visual Basic
    5. C++
    6. Java
    7. Perl
    8. Assembler
    9. COBOL
    All my previous knowledge shows when I programme something. As for the languages I have learned. Some of these languages I actually not a good at. But as for my alltime favorite. Perl of course.

    When it comes to programming languages I'm a Jack-of-all-trades. -> master-of-none. But also this. I wouldn't have continued with it if no enjoyment was there. The only risk you take IMHO is picking a booring language for a first programming language.

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RE: RE: Disadvantages of Perl?
by Macphisto (Hermit) on Jul 14, 2000 at 23:08 UTC
    Disadvantages to PERL? The addictiveness... The beatings will continue until morale raises.
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