Re: Choosing a new language

2007-12-31 Thread Achim Schneider
Tim Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Xah Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >Let me tell you, since you know PHP, that PHP and Perl are > >practically identical in their high-levelness or expressiveness or > >field of application (and syntax), and, Perl and Python are pretty > >much the same

Re: Choosing a new language

2007-12-29 Thread Achim Schneider
Rico Secada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Second, I need some advice. > http://www.nondot.org/sabre/Mirrored/AdvProgLangDesign/ Learn, or better said understand, those and then choose wisely. Lisp throws lambda calculus right into your face, which is a good thing. Scheme might be the better c