in reply to Advice on learning Perl and graphics

LanX's post just now -- mentioning domm's bicycle routes from Vienna to Frankfurt -- brought back happy memories of domm here at Perl Monks. He was quite a character at the monastery back in the early 2000s. Feeling nostalgic, I checked out some of his old nodes and noticed his two highest rated posts:

might assist you in your quest of introducing programming to your nine year old son!

Is obfu of interest to a nine year old? I have no idea, so I'd be interested to learn of your son's reaction to domm's Space Invaders ... and which obfus appeal to him from The Top Ten Perl Obfus. :)

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Re^2: Advice on learning Perl and graphics
by choroba (Cardinal) on Oct 19, 2022 at 09:02 UTC
    Interestingly, one of his sons has become a game developer :-)

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