From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,ea8ea502d35ca2ce X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-05-05 13:09:25 PST Path: newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!newsfeed1.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!newsmaster1.prod.itd.earthlink.net!newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3AF45DE9.83D4CCD0@acm.org> From: Jeffrey Carter X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Beginner's Language? References: <9cukad$nn68@news-dxb> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sat, 05 May 2001 20:09:27 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 63.178.187.73 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net 989093367 63.178.187.73 (Sat, 05 May 2001 13:09:27 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 05 May 2001 13:09:27 PDT Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net X-Received-Date: Sat, 05 May 2001 13:07:53 PDT (newsmaster1.prod.itd.earthlink.net) Xref: newsfeed.google.com comp.lang.ada:7209 Date: 2001-05-05T20:09:27+00:00 List-Id: Dodger wrote: > > I take it this writer is not very good with Perl because he refuses to let > go of his more ancient prejudices. However, the assertation comes out > absurd. There is no reason to keep Perl away from children just because Raj > doesn't like it. It's quite likely that you take it wrong. Just because Raj doesn't like it is not a good reason to avoid Perl, but there are lots of other reasons that are excellent. -- Jeff Carter "Son of a window-dresser." Monty Python & the Holy Grail