Steve Lamb wrote: > > I don't know, I think if there were a language to start newbies out on, > it is perl. Don't have to worry about many of the things that other > languages force upon you yet gives you a good gounding in how those other > languages work.
Heaven, no! I think its quite a sinn to give perl to a newbie, perl corrupts. I use Perl since two years and I quite like it, but only because I can choose to use either imperative or oop thinking in perl and I dont have to every variable. And thats the reason why a newbie should start with a a structured language like java (oop), pascal (imperative) or scheme (functional/lists oriented), so she/he learns to order hers/his thoughts and get a habit of problem solving. Perl gives you every opportunity to everything in one or two or in any other way, and I don't think that this is a good start in programming ... soryy, my 2 euros mfg -- ------------------------------------------------------- Andreas Sliwka --- http://emil.nef.wh.uni-dortmund.de/~goff talk to me: [EMAIL PROTECTED]/ICQ:13961062
