From: Chad Perrin <perrin@...>
Date: 2007-07-24T06:30:49+09:00
Subject: Re: Taking the bull by its horns

On Tue, Jul 24, 2007 at 05:31:44AM +0900, Robert Dober wrote:
> On 7/23/07, Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> wrote:
> >On Tue, Jul 24, 2007 at 01:30:23AM +0900, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote:
> >> Kaldrenon wrote:
> >> > Yet another male (Maybe YAM will replace YAPH some day? *sigh*)
> >> >
> >> > age: 19
> >> >
> >> > background: BASIC, Visual Basic, the scripting language included in
> >> > TI-83 Plus graphing calculators, C++, Java
> >> >
> >> > Presently learning: Perl and Ruby, with plans to learn Lisp, Lua, and
> >> > Ada. My goal is to become a true polyglot.
> >> Unless there's a financial reason, I'd skip Perl and focus on Ruby. And
> >> Scheme is probably a better tutorial language than (Common) Lisp. Check
> >> out "Dr. Scheme", for example.
> >
> >Unless you're Ed, I wouldn't skip Perl.  I actually like the the
> >language.  Why limit yourself?
> Another variation on the perl theme: Wait for Perl 6 though -- you
> will be in good company too ;).

I don't think it's necessary to wait for Perl 6 -- but I'm certainly
looking forward to it.

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