[[rescue] flamewar question: Perl]

[Kevin Loch]

I have little use for perl (other than debugging the Perl mess of others).
If it's a trivial problem, I write a shell script.  If it's too slow/complicated
for a script, write a C program.  Perl is supposed to fall somewhere inbetween,
but my shell threshold is pretty high, and my C threshold is pretty low,
so I never have to mess with the messy language.

KL

Michael Hansen wrote:

> Bill Bradford <mrbill at mrbill.net> wrote:
> >Okay, I know this is liable to generate a flame war.
> >Tis good, we need more activity on the lists anyway.
>
> Hard to have a one-sided war. Everyone around here seems reasonably
> sane and intelligent, so I don't think any negative comments about perl
> are likely.
>
> >Is it worth my time to lern Perl? (er, "learn perl better
> >than the little I know it already")?
>
> I think "Is it worth my time to learn anything else?" might be
> the right question.
>
> Perl is so much less stressful to work with than anything else I have
> made an effort to learn. I kept starting to learn C++, but now I don't
> feel any need to.
>
> >I've got all the ORA books (learning perl, programming perl,
>
> Me too. I think they're pretty good. Learning Perl has almost become
> part of my hand. I sleep with it under my pillow.  I spend all my time between
> classes (sometimes durring class) in the lab, trying variations
> on the examples and such.
>
> (Ex-soap opera actor that now does infomercials voice)
> Since I started to learn perl, I've lost 10 lbs, I eat less and
> exercise more, plus I have so much more energy!!! Members of the opposite
> sex will talk to me now - I owe everything to perl - it changed my life
> and I feel great!!! Thank you, perl!
>
> Does that answer your question?
>
> -Mike Hansen
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