Re^2: How do you stay motivated?

From time to time in the (somewhat distant) past people have asked me if they should learn Pascal or C. My answer was generally "If you will be using it at least once a week learn C, otherwise learn Pascal". My justification was that C (and more so C++) was a more useful language, but the operators and quirks were harder to remember, whereas Pascal could be picked up more quickly and understood in large part without even knowing the language.

These days naturally I'd recommend Perl - so long as you have access to PerlMonks. :)

DWIM is Perl's answer to Gödel

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Re^3: How do you stay motivated? by Aristotle (Chancellor) on Mar 12, 2006 at 21:05 UTC
You’re not seriously suggesting that Perl is less quirky than C, are you? `:-)` Makeshifts last the longest.	[reply]
Re^4: How do you stay motivated? by GrandFather (Saint) on Mar 12, 2006 at 21:12 UTC
Perl has DWIM, what more could you need? DWIM is Perl's answer to Gödel	[reply]
Re^5: How do you stay motivated? by Aristotle (Chancellor) on Mar 12, 2006 at 21:25 UTC
A reminder of what it is that you meant, when you next look at the code six months from now. DWIM is great, but it needs to be taken advantage of with great restraint. Makeshifts last the longest.	[reply]