I think your statement might be more palatable if it didn't demean C programmers by comparing them to toddlers. C is an excellent grounding to learn Perl. (If you want to learn Perl, It's fun :)

Perl Developers I've met, who began cutting code with Perl, are unaware of how friendly, forgiving and rapid Perl is.

I have seen some coders baulk at the sight of other languages:

• "Waddaya mean arrays are fixed length?!"
• "I have to do all this declaration before I start?"
• "Everything has to be in classes"
• "I have to watch for buffer overflow?!"
• "What are Hashes called in this language?"

...and so on.

I am not saying you're wrong, but your zeal and 'good-natured' mockery do little to promote Perl or PerlMonks.

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Brother Frankus.

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