(jeffa) Re: Perl, Hackers Tool? and a good Development Language?

One of the professors at the university i attend tells his Programming Theory class "Perl is a 'write-only' language" and they (basically) should avoid it. He then proceedes to teach them PHP ... (subtext: some folks just don't get it)

I say this. "Sure, Perl is <insert complaint of day>!" And then i go back to getting lots of stuff done with Perl. Anything from silly scripts that amuse me to full blown mod_perl database front-ends.

On the "sub-note", i think the book you mention is very excellent. You should also tear apart CPAN modules to see how they solve the problem of developing reusable code. I have not read samtregar's new book ^($) , but i imagine it will be worth the money (and then some for newbies).

jeffa

L-LL-L--L-LL-L--L-LL-L--
-R--R-RR-R--R-RR-R--R-RR
B--B--B--B--B--B--B--B--
H---H---H---H---H---H---
(the triplet paradiddle with high-hat)

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Re: (jeffa) Re: Perl, Hackers Tool? and a good Development Language? by Anonymous Monk on Mar 13, 2003 at 03:21 UTC
tells his Programming Theory class "Perl is a 'write-only' language" and they (basically) should avoid it. Glad to see this isn't limited to my university, maybe my degree will still be worth something :)	[reply]