Monks,

I plan on pursuing a Computer and Information Science degree from University of Maryland's online program: http://www.umuc.edu/distance/de_orien/mod1_frm.html

Much too my delight, they are offering two Perl classes: Programming in Perl and Advanced Programming in Perl. What, no Perl Golf?

I'm really looking forward to start my degree and learning Java and C and all those other programming languages that will take me twice as long to write compared to a Perl.

Anyways, I was under the impression that Perl and College Course where two things you would never see in the same sentence. Are colleges/universities starting to see the light? Are there other schools offering Perl classes? Have any monks took a Perl class through college and what are your feelings on it?

Thanks - Dru

In reply to Perl Being Taught in College? by dru145

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