On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 09:17:31PM -0800, R. Joseph Newton wrote: > Learn Perl, then apply it to real-world problems. Forgive me drifting topic a little, but I disagree to an extent here. I learnt perl by applying to real world problems. The first being a data-mining application, the second being a web site content generator. I find that having a definate goal in mind when it comes to writing the program makes learning so much easier. However, you need to acknowledge that a) it'll take more time, and b) your style of code can change dramatically within one file, and that future maintainability may not be the best.
However, I never have the motivation when working on toy problems to stick to it (hence my scratching the surface knowledge of Qt, Python, Lisp, Prolog and Haskell...I haven't had a serious application to learn them with) -- Robin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> JabberID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hostes alienigeni me abduxerunt. Qui annus est? PGP Key 0x776DB663 Fingerprint=DD10 5C62 1E29 A385 9866 0853 CD38 E07A 776D B663
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