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Who are you and what is your motivation?
Where and how to start learning Perl

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Re^2: Learn how to program
by MelaOS (Beadle) on Jan 16, 2008 at 07:13 UTC
    Hi dude,
    indeed what you're trying to do is the most fundamental on what you want to learn.
    If you're a computer science grad or wannabe, then learning OOP through C++ should really be helpful to provide u a solid foundation.

    If you're an engineer or have to manipulate a lot of data, doing a lot of background stuff, then perl is for you.

    If you want to do window type programming, either choose c# or java, which language is totally a matter of your personal choice :)
    Or if you just want to program for fun, maybe vb.net? it's syntax is easier to learn. and you can still leverage on the powerful .net framework
    ~that's just my two cents~