Yes. I would say that Perl was designed for two different types of programmer. I recommend the article "The Tyranny of Choice" in the April issue of SciAm. It distinguishes "maximizers" from "satisficers". To a satisficer, the learning curve of Perl looks quite shallow because they don't have to learn it all at once. To a maximizer, the learning curve of Perl looks very steep because they do feel that they have to learn it all at once--but that's what makes a maximizer happy, after all.

I confess that I am a maximizer. I am so obsessively maximizing in my approach to life that I have to strike a careful balance between maximizing and satisficing. And that's good enough for me... :-)

In reply to Re: Re: Re: Perl6 syntax being too much complex? How we will teach and read that?! by TimToady
in thread Perl6 syntax being too much complex? How we will teach and read that?! by gmpassos

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