[[rescue] flamewar question: Perl]

[Dave McGuire]

On July 22, Michael Hansen 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. 

  You have GOT to be kidding.

> I think "Is it worth my time to learn anything else?" might be
> the right question. 

  I am going to be sick.

> 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. 

  Umm, excuse me.  Do you have any idea how computers, umm, WORK?

> >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?

  I'm unsubscribing.

   -Dave McGuire