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

The question shouldn't be whether a language is cool to learn, but whether it's effective to use. And as for being worthwhile, it depends on whether you think the black art of game programming is worthwhile. (Maybe I'm just boring, and using Perl for data manipulation and file management is boring, too, but it gets the job done quickly, easily and efficiently.)

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!

It would be hard to find books on CGI if they didn't have "CGI" in the title.

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In reply to Re: The Black Art of Perl Programming? by amarceluk
in thread The Black Art of Perl Programming? by Anonymous Monk

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