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: 107f24,626a0a064b320310 X-Google-Attributes: gid107f24,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,ea8ea502d35ca2ce X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 11440e,fe63fd42b0d6db11,start X-Google-Attributes: gid11440e,public X-Google-Thread: 10259a,626a0a064b320310 X-Google-Attributes: gid10259a,public X-Google-Thread: 114809,626a0a064b320310 X-Google-Attributes: gid114809,public X-Google-Thread: 10dd18,fe63fd42b0d6db11,start X-Google-Attributes: gid10dd18,public X-Google-Thread: f4fd2,626a0a064b320310 X-Google-Attributes: gidf4fd2,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-05-05 18:52:02 PST Path: newsfeed.google.com!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!newsswitch.lcs.mit.edu!sunqbc.risq.qc.ca!news-hog.berkeley.edu!ucberkeley!enews.sgi.com!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!newshub1.rdc1.nsw.optushome.com.au!news1.rdc1.nsw.optushome.com.au.POSTED!not-for-mail From: raj Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.lisp,comp.lang.smalltalk,comp.lang.functional,comp.lang.perl,comp.lang.ruby,comp.lang.python Subject: Re: Beginner's Language? Message-ID: <60c9ft0mvlkk9lvno6a67qnqomq7i621al@4ax.com> References: <9cukad$nn68@news-dxb> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sun, 06 May 2001 01:50:36 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 203.164.144.2 X-Complaints-To: abuse@optushome.com.au X-Trace: news1.rdc1.nsw.optushome.com.au 989113836 203.164.144.2 (Sun, 06 May 2001 11:50:36 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 06 May 2001 11:50:36 EST Organization: @Home Network Xref: newsfeed.google.com comp.lang.ada:7219 comp.lang.lisp:9729 comp.lang.smalltalk:9481 comp.lang.functional:5529 comp.lang.perl:2651 comp.lang.ruby:9215 comp.lang.python:32022 Date: 2001-05-06T01:50:36+00:00 List-Id: >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. As Larry Wall says, Perl is a Swiss Army chainsaw ie : it can do almost anything but it is inelegant and just a trace clunky. Sure it gets the job done but if I was teaching kids an all purpose scripting language, I would rather teach them Ruby or Python.