To add my 2 cents to the original questions: > What is my purpose with this language?
I use Perl a lot, it is my "go-to" language for many tasks, but I am not sure what would be good "your purpose" with the language, as you ask, since it is a subjective question. Based on your Linux signature, I would assume you some work in Linux. Perl is very useful in the Linux environment. For a beginner, I would think that the following easy programs in Perl could be quite useful and fun: - send chain customized emails to a list of users using Perl and sendmail, - with Apache, create a simple password-protected CGI web site for file sharing (uploads and downloads) > In my country don't exist use of this language Which country is that? If Linux is used by some people, I believe that Perl still comes installed by default in the most popular distributions. Regards, Vlado On Tue, 8 Aug 2023, Steve Park wrote: > I agree 100% as well. Even though I am good at other languages.. my love > continue to remain w/ perl. And I still write lot > of backend in perl. > > I don't think there is any match for perl in terms of speed and it's > compactness to get stuff done. > > > > On Mon, Aug 7, 2023 at 10:03 PM Claude Brown <claude.br...@gigacomm.net.au> > wrote: > > Steve, > > > > I agree. Someone just starting out should go with Python. It pains me > to say it, but Perl isn’t a good > skills investment. > > > > My team and I program every day in Perl – we have 100’s of libraries > and system integrations. I love it and > it is my first choice for backend work. Sadly, we are trying to > figure out our path to Python. We barely > know Python, so it will be a difficult – but necessary – journey. > > Cheers, > > > Claude. > > > > > > From: Steve Park <rich.j...@gmail.com> > Sent: Tuesday, August 8, 2023 11:49 AM > To: Andy Bach <afb...@gmail.com> > Cc: William Torrez Corea <willitc9...@gmail.com>; beginners@perl.org > Subject: Re: My progress in Perl > > > > CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click > links or open attachments unless you > recognize the sender and know the content is safe. > > Honestly, my advise is if you are beginning to learn programming using perl > in 2023. Don't. > > Pick up python and go from there. > > If you already know some perl and want to advance, yes go right ahead. > > 2023, is perl dead? no. It's a tool and it's still a swiss army of > programming language and lot can be done. > > I would say writing concise and compact programming for regex related > processing, it still is right up there with > anything out there today. > > But def if you are learning programming in 2023, you should start w/ python. > > To be truly useful, you have to learn several language but python(or to lot > of extend, javascript) should be the > first language you should learn(until AI can take over the world). > > > > Having said this, I still love my perl. > > > > > > On Mon, Aug 7, 2023 at 12:31 PM Andy Bach <afb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Yeah, I learned Perl back in the V4 days; I was sort of new to linux > admin though a programmer in school > and after learning sed/awk/grep to handle digesting logs and munging > data files I heard of Perl. It was > a bit like finding crack cocaine, all sorts of tasks became easy and I > wrote scripts to handle > everything. Having a need was the motivation, not following the books, > though I did have a copy of > Programming Perl that had about 40 scotch tape tabs marking places for > reference. Other books, the > Perl Monks site and finally a near-by Perl Mongers group really helped > me find the Perl communtiy. > > > > On Sun, Aug 6, 2023 at 12:24 PM William Torrez Corea <willitc9...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > I started testing some extensions of CPAN but I don't understand > anything. I only execute and then > proceed with a book. The name of the book is Beginning Perl of Curtis > Ovid Poe. > > > > I started with a lot of passion but then lost interest, the monotony > conquered me. Actually I am > learning references and Complex Data Structures in Perl. > > > > I have a lot of doubts in my mind: > > > > What is my purpose with this language? > > In my country don't exist use of this language > > I am boring and tired > > > > I must be a success! > > > > PD: Add your anecdote with this language. > > > -- > > > With kindest regards, William. > > ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ > ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ Debian - The universal operating system > ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ https://www.debian.org > ⠈⠳⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀ > > > > > -- > > > a > > Andy Bach, > afb...@gmail.com > 608 658-1890 cell > 608 261-5738 wk > > >
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