Yes.. difference in passion, it is :-) Yoda speak lang ako eh..
On Fri, 2008-03-07 at 11:07 +0800, Miguel Paraz wrote: > On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 10:51 AM, Alec Joseph Rivera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hehehe.. Some people are geeks about something I guess, and that's a > > good thing. What seems like waste of effort and time for others may > > actually be what makes a person feel good about himself. Feeling good is > > what drives you to pursue new stuff to break and learn (well, hackers > > and would be hackers, at least). > > > > The brain exercise is also good. Learning and mastering about a similar > > utility is necessary to compare and see what's best for a given > > situation. The brain then learns to learn new stuff faster because it > > grows to understand patterns and abstractions. > > True that. > > But if you're going to exert the effort, why not spend it on something > with a higher power to weight ratio? The OP can start with Perl > one-liners to do his sed or awk work, then graduate to longer scripts. > > Unless, he really has a compelling reason, like he has a 1990s or > older Unix with no tools to build Perl with. > > > Imagine the people who mastered Vulcan or Quenya :-) > > Well these people did it for their own entertainment... can't compare. > > But if you really want to learn a difficult new language, why not > Mandarin Chinese, Arabic or Hebrew? > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph -- Alec Joseph Rivera F S 3 Consulting Inc. http://www.fs3.ph
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