Re: Experimenting with other programming languages...

The marketing endeavors of language advocates can be argued to be necessary to the growth of the language. Perl has its share, eh?

My suggestion:
Go ahead and learn some Ruby. Take any perceived insults in stride. Then go learn some C. Then Java, shell, C++, PHP, Python, ad infinitum. Soon chest-thumping advocistas start to sound, well, silly.

Even if you never code in another language(but you will), you'll become a much better Perl coder.

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Re: Re: Experimenting with other programming languages... by zeyvos (Initiate) on Apr 22, 2001 at 03:34 UTC
'ere 'ere... Dappling is fun, but until one realizes that one is utilizing a tool, that is, an instrument of productivity, one tends to be rather subjective. The "My * is better than your *" is a rather puerile endeavour based solely upon exposure and experience. I play with C, I play with PHP, and I play with Python... I work with Perl. `cat caffiene > /dev/brain`	[reply] [d/l]