Why is it that when I walk into a Barnes & Noble Bookstore and check out the computer book section, there are about 5 or 8 Perl books and about 60 Java books?

The Java books have titles like "The Black Art of Java Game programming" or "Enterprise Business Solutions with Java" or "Java for 3D and Vrml".

I'm sorry guys, but what which language *looks* more worthwhile (or even cool) to learn?

There are some interesting Perl books out there that are not seeing the light of day at most book stores, but I just have to roll my eyes when I see any Perl book that has "CGI" in the title. That little word is the kiss of death.

Not too long ago I picked up an excellent book on CGI. It mentioned Mason, mod_perl, and all sorts of great stuff, but again it had the word "CGI" in the title. Please no more!

I keep reading about how Perl can do almost anything Java can do, etc. Well, then, where the hell are the books?

In reply to The Black Art of Perl Programming? by Anonymous Monk

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