* Tassilo von Parseval <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-09-21 20:27]:
> On Sun, Sep 21, 2003 at 09:28:21PM -0400 Paul Kraus wrote:
>
> > Perl was pretty much my first language. Not counting Business Basic and same
> > old Pascal from high school. The more I learn the more I see that perl can
> > handle just about anything I want to do. How do you go about deciding if you
> > should use another tool such as C++ over perl? I am thinking about learning
> > another language and trying to decide what language would be best to learn.
> > To expand my skill set. Suggestions, Ideas, Book Recommendations?
>
> I was always of the opinion that knowing C is one of the essential
> things. Too many vital stuff is nowadays hidden away from the user in
> more recent languages (such as portability issues and memory management
> for instance).
>
> C also has the advantage that it integrates tightly into perl. You can
> write Perl modules as C extensions which is fun and will teach you a lot
> about perl and how interpreters in general work.
>
> However, C's learning curve is rather steep (but shorter than Perl's).
Would learning C++ do just as well? On many of the C/C++-related
websites/newsgroups they say that there's no point in learning C because
you'll have to unlearn a bunch of "bad habits" when you learn C++ (I
don't know either language, so I don't know what those habits might be).
Also, how commonly is perl learned as a first language?
> $_=q#",}])!JAPH!qq(tsuJ[{@"tnirp}3..0}_$;//::niam/s~=)]3[))_$-3(rellac(=_$({
> pam{rekcahbus})(rekcah{lrePbus})(lreP{rehtonabus})!JAPH!qq(rehtona{tsuJbus#;
> $_=reverse,s+(?<=sub).+q#q!'"qq.\t$&."'!#+sexisexiixesixeseg;y~\n~~dddd;eval
What's all that?
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