Nice to see enema in this list. Mekus ..are you based in lagos? Nice to share some thoughts about localizing perl community in Lagos
Emeka <emekami...@gmail.com> wrote: >Hello All, > >I have been here for a long time, but I just read stuff. I have not mustered >enough energy to really check what Perl is all about until yesterday. >Write-only, cowboy language or something pretty cool. I spent few hours >going through learn.perl site stuff. I was really impressed. To me this is >indeed a cool language. > >However, I noticed that among beginners here their concerns are mainly file >manipulation, string manipulation and hash table. Shouldn't someone make a >note with simple examples and put it on the internet? And I would want to >see codes from experts here once in a while with their design's reasons. > >I have my own issues, and the most confusing part of Perl to me is this >thing called context. Why do we have it in Perl? What is its gain to be >language ? And another thing I am having issue to figure out is when it is >really needed is \&hoom, when hoom is a sub. I know from C , that if one is >to use function as a parameter that it should be in the form of address. > >Apart from context, are there other hidden gems I need to know? > >I would want to also thank the author of Learning Perl the Hard Way (Allen >B. Downey). I would want that book to be called Learning Perl the Soft Way. > >Finally , this group is awesome ... with kind experts and mentors. I really >appreciate you help and time. > >Regards, >Emeka > > > >-- >*Satajanus Nig. Ltd > > >*
