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 15:59:59 PST Path: newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!sn-xit-01!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail From: merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Beginner's Language? Date: 05 May 2001 15:59:59 -0700 Organization: Stonehenge Consulting Services; Portland, Oregon, USA Message-ID: References: <9cukad$nn68@news-dxb> <9d1ilh$g397v$1@ID-22205.news.dfncis.de> User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) Emacs/20.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: newsabuse@supernews.com Xref: newsfeed.google.com comp.lang.ada:7215 Date: 2001-05-05T15:59:59-07:00 List-Id: >>>>> "Jochen" == Jochen Schmidt writes: Jochen> IMHO Perl has nothing and does nothing that would make it a Jochen> good language for language studies. Apparently, on the "theoretical" vs "practical" side, we can see you're squarely on the thoretical. Nothing wrong with that. But eventually you get out of school, and have to get work done, and then things like Perl look a lot better, because Perl is optimized for the things you most commonly do, and in a way that might be harder to learn but easier to use once you learn. Jochen> But I wait to hear from you what concepts are best learnt by Jochen> looking at perl (besides the "How to not design a language" Jochen> fact) How to get work done. How to mix the best of many languages and end up with something that doesn't just look like potpourri. In other words, the only people we've found disrespect Perl are those who haven't bothered to spend 30 to 50 hours learning it. It's clear you're one of those. Learn it first, then complain about it. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training!