Well... he's right Its confusing and overly complicated, in its multiple syntaxes, for a compiled language.
I'm personally of the opinion that it was written by a grad student who purposely created it to be confusing to keep the market limited of perl programmers, and/or to show off of just how complex he could make something.. but it sure as hell wasn't designed to be user friendly, IMHO. If nothing else there should be a compiler that would take a user friendly syntax into a tighter code and back again. Personally I wish I had learned Java or PHP.... but I don't have the time right now to learn a new language. Rev. Lou Hernsen self employed ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Archer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Derek Ash" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <beginners-cgi@perl.org> Sent: Friday, September 01, 2006 10:07 AM Subject: Re: figuring out if a number/character string is null in Perl > Derek, it was nice of you to include your title and all. That way when a > future (potential) employer Googles you, they'll know for sure that it was > you that was this childish and immature. > > > 8:13am, Derek Ash wrote: > > > Perl Sucks! > > > > Derek Ash > > Application Programmer II > > University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria > > One Illini Drive, Box 1649 > > Peoria, Illinois 61656-1649 > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response> > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.6/428 - Release Date: 8/25/06 > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
