Re: Re: (Ovid) Re: Beginning Perl and Forms

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Abused by Language Designers by chromatic (Archbishop) on Jan 20, 2001 at 11:17 UTC
A student went to his master one day and said, "Your old camel is ugly. His lips are large and his neck ungainly. His fur is thick and his hide is leathery. His knees splay, his toes are soft and there is webbing in between. His hump is large and uncomfortable. My horse is sleek and strong and fast." The master replied, "In a sandstorm, the camel can block his tender nose with his lips. His long neck curves and his head takes shelter behind his thick, leathery fur when he kneels in the desert. His toes spread and keep him on top of the soft desert sand, allowing him to run where your horse would sink. His hump allows him to go for days without water." Then the master hit the student in the head with the Stick of Applied Learning and Metaphor.	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: (Ovid) Re: Beginning Perl and Forms - -w Swtich by azatoth (Curate) on Jan 19, 2001 at 21:23 UTC
Hmm, frankly I'm puzzled with your judgement of Perl. I found it one of the easiest languages to sink my teeth into yet. I think you should also read Neophyte's post on Perl and linguistics, it's pretty interesting and rings true to my ears. Thanks Azatoth a.k.a Captain Whiplash Get YOUR PerlMonks Stagename here!	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: (OT) Re: Beginning Perl and Forms - -w Swtich by mirod (Canon) on Jan 19, 2001 at 20:39 UTC
Waouh! Either this is the mother of all Trolls or you just never bothered to read anything on the site. I can't figure out which one it is as you registered 2 days ago! But doesn't the name (PerlMonks, you know...) give you a hint? Or the fact that people are so nice and help you get up to speed on the language just out of pure kindness? Or the Obfuscated Code, the Perl Poetry, the fact that the same people that helped you seem to enjoy the language so much that they write apparently useless pieces of code for fun... Do you think that insulting the language, and its creator who seem to be quite liked around here, will get you much sympathy here? Man, that's a good one, so much dissing the tool they love to the face of people who helped you in so few lines and in such a casual tone! I am impressed!	[reply]