From: Xavier Noria <fxn@...>
Date: 2008-02-13T18:50:30+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby, Perl, Python

On Feb 13, 2008, at 10:40 , J. Cooper wrote:

> I guess what I'm asking is: assuming I become a proficient Rubyist, is
> there a reason to learn Perl or Python (beyond someone handing me a  
> pile
> of code in one of those languages and telling me to maintain it)?

Knowing more languages gives you more perspective. It is good to learn  
something different for the sake of it, like Java or Erlang, but it is  
also good to learn other options in the same language family, they are  
not equivalent.

That said, being fluent in Perl takes effort, it is a big language  
with gazillion modules.

-- fxn