On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 11:02 PM, Adam Tauno Williams awilliam@whitemice.org wrote:
On Mon, 2010-12-13 at 14:49 -0700, Warren Young wrote:
On 12/13/2010 9:37 AM, Les Mikesell wrote:
On 12/13/2010 10:14 AM, Sven Aluoor wrote:
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Perl is probably the easiest next step for someone who has shell scripting experience.
Seconded.
-1 Perl is a withering dinosaur.
Comments like this one show you know nothing about modern Perl.
Don't be distracted by the Perl 6 noise. Perl 6 has been "coming" for a decade now,
+1
I expect by the time P6 arrives very few people will care; Perl has been fading for a long time.
http://blog.timbunce.org/2008/03/08/perl-myths/
now, are we done spreading FUD about Perl yet? If you do not like it, do not use it. A lot more people like it than you think possible, shocking ain't it.