in reply to Road map woes

There are a few things you can do to keep advancing. The easiest is to pick up some good books about programming that aren't necessarily about a particular language. "Code Complete" and "The Pragmatic Programmer" are two excellent books for that.

Another thing you can do is start learning different types of languages. Learning a more object oriented language like Ruby (or even Java) can do wonders for teaching what OO is really about and can help you better understand why Perl's OO is "bolted on the side". Learning a logic or functional language can also help you learn completely different ways of looking at problems. These will make you a better programmer in the long run.

Cheers,
Ovid

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Re: Re: Road map woes
by Limbic~Region (Chancellor) on May 29, 2003 at 00:29 UTC
    Ovid,
    Yes - this is good advice. I recently had the honor of assisting a fellow monk re-write 5 csh (c-shell) scripts that did a single function and took a LONG time to run. I discovered that my shell scripting had magically improved after being on a 6 month hiatus because of Perl.

    I will make an earnest effort at the book aproach as well. I do not want to use the excuse "I don't learn from books" or "I only use books as reference" since it isn't a real reason. Being realistic (as opposed to optimistic/pessimistic), I stick with a book until I am bored with it and then it becomes reference. I asked the question and if I am serious about doing it I should buckle down and try.

    Thanks - L~R

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Re: Re: Road map woes
by PodMaster (Abbot) on May 29, 2003 at 08:04 UTC
    I'd like to point out Split Scalars and Objects/References into Two Types which explains the "bolted on the side" remark -- it's not a bad read overall ;)

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