The difference between the "one way" and "multiple ways" is often a matter of the power behind the language. From what I have seen, languages that boast "one way" tend to be easier to learn and are often a better environment for programmers of low to medium skill. However, advanced programmers often get frustrated when encountering an implementation obstacle generated by the "one way" paradigm.

With Perl, "multiple ways" tend to offer much more power and flexibility, but at the cost of added danger. From what I have seen, programmers need to have a higher skill level to tackle tough projects in Perl, but the reward is fewer obstacles.

For example, I've never seen an AUTOLOAD type of functionality in Java. I can't do multiple inheritance if I think I need to. I can't do closures with Python. Most of the time, we shouldn't be allowed to even dream of doing some of those things, but if we need to, it's nice to know that we can.

Cheers,
Ovid

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In reply to Re: TIEOWTTI by Ovid
in thread TIEOWTTI by mnp

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