Nay, I think the best advice is to write Java programs anyway you can. You'll get the hang of it, and I think your perl experience will help you immensely. Every language you learn will help you become a better programer.

This is much like saying learning French will make you a better writer in German. It's only true if you are a decent writer already. It gives you more vocabulary and tools and the opportunity to think a bit more but sheer practice and experience don't necessarily make you better at anything. The opposite can be true. It can dig you deeper into bad habits and make you highly resistant--consciously or unconsciously--to knowledge outside the scope of those habits. Someone who writes terrible Java is likely, I'd say guaranteed, to write terrible Perl.

In reply to Re^2: Perl "with" Java by Your Mother
in thread Perl "with" Java by Anonymous Monk

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