On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 10:06:23AM -0500, James L. Reiling wrote: > However, a "little knowlege" of anything can be a dangerous thing. I wonder > to as your motiviation. As someone whe has "hacked perl for food", anyone > who want's to learn "the author's own definition:, a "Pathalogickally > Eclectic Rubbish Lister" is beyond me. IMHO, learn a little more awk, bash, > Linux. (and some sed and tcl)
Maybe learn a little Python. It has much of the approachability of Perl, but it is a bit more coherent--particularly at the "little bit" level. Perl kinda grew, a bit here and there as it wanted them. There are a lot of very good legacy reasons for why Perl is the way it is. Python is more designed, that can make it easier to learn. If you are learning from scratch, a lot of Perl's advantages won't apply to you. Either, however, has a nice "type this and see what the results are"-immediacy. I don't know either very well, I have done a little hacking in each, I like them both, and I like Python better--it is more comprehensible if I have been away from it. -kb -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
