I'm reminded of those who said that photography itself would destroy or devalue painting, or of those who said that the phonograph would destroy live music.

There is only so much you can do with a digital camera, just as there's only so much you can do with a 35mm SLR vs. a treated copper plate in a 200mm box camera.

There is also only so much one can wring out of Lisp, Perl, Ruby, Python, Smalltalk, ML or the other languages people say have spoiled them. Yet these tools are very useful for those looking to work quickly inside those limitations. Those who know assembly for an architecture (or who can customize the microcode for it) will always have certain advantages bought by taking on certain disadvantages.

In reply to Re^3: Perl as one's first programming language by mr_mischief
in thread Perl as one's first programming language by amarquis

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