I have one word for you, actually it is an acronym

CPAN

The thing that really makes Perl the ideal language for me is the community behind it.

When I first started my job here I was forced to use ASP w/VBscript. There is nothing comparable to the CPAN or places like perlmonks out there. I posted a question on a site about 4 months ago and I still have not recieved a response. When I hit that site my monk instincts had me answering all these questions because there seems to be no one out there (in ASP land) willing to help each other.

I believe Perl is as versitile as JAVA (if not more), but the community behind it (CPAN, PM.ORG, PerlMonks.org, O'Reilly, ActiveState and countless others).

Plus the Camel maskot is a hell of a lot cooler than a cup of coffee!!

--BigJoe

Learn patience, you must.
Young PerlMonk, craves Not these things.
Use the source Luke.

In reply to Re: What is it about perl that makes perl so cool? by BigJoe
in thread What is it about perl that makes perl so cool? by zigster

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