On Friday 30 November 2007 06:58, yitzle wrote: > > I've been using Perl for only about 1.5 years, and never touched > Python. About 16 months ago, I decided to learn a "scripting > language" that I've heard mentioned so many times. I was debating > between Perl and Python. I'm not quite sure why I chose Perl. I know > that several open source projects allow Python plugins (Gimp, > InkScape) but Perl can be used for CGI stuff. (If Python also does > CGI, I never heard it.) So I chose Perl.
Any programming language that can write to standard output can do CGI. > Being that I was already familiar with C/C++, Perl was fairly simple > to pick up. I read a couple of tutorials and pretty quickly was using > perldoc as my main source of information. While Perl does have some > quirky stuff, overall I found it easy to learn and very capable of > doing a lot without a lot of coding effort. > After being "part" of the mailing list for a bit, I learnt not to > post without first checking perldoc/cpan, so that may as well be a > factor for the mailing list's lack of activity. You have learned well grasshopper. :-) John -- use Perl; program fulfillment -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
