This, in my mind, is one of Perl's best points: you never stop learning, and coding with the language can always be challenging and interesting, but also one of it's worst points. Where do you draw the line? With (most) languages, it's possible to step back at some point and say that you know it inside out. I'm not sure that's possible with Perl.

Personally, I find this is true of all languages - not just perl. It's been my experience that you cover the same ground learning any language - from complete novice to somebody who spends their time poking and refining their knowledge of the corners of the language (including its idioms and libraries)

I've never reached the stage of "I know all I need to know" in any language. Mostly because the language is not really the most important thing. Programming is. You learn new progamming techniques and then have to figure out the best way to apply them in a particular language.

Actually, to be mildly heretical, I don't think perl offers more "extra" ways of doing things than many other languages. The difference is that the perl culture treats this as a good thing ;-)

In reply to Re: Self-improvement and TMTOWTDI by adrianh
in thread Self-improvement and TMTOWTDI by Tanalis

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