On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 11:02 PM, Adam Tauno Williams <awilliam at 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: <knip> >> > 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. -- natxo