On Tuesday, August 20, 2002, at 08:28 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> All three mean the same thing, but the first is by far the most > common in > American English. Perl is a lot like English. I couldn't agree more. Here's why: English is supposedly the hardest language in the world to learn. Why? Because there are so many ways to say the same thing! Yes, that is the reason AFAIK. I'm not just talking about synonyms, I'm talking about the way you can structure the grammar of the language to mean the same thing, but in so many ways. I studied Japanese for years when I was in college, almost double-majoring with it but not quite. And I was struck by how systematic that language is. Sure, a lot of people will naturally wonder if it's very hard, since there is a complex writing system based on Chinese that consists of tens of thousands of characters (the Kanji). But as far as learning the core, the very grammar of the language itself, it is amazingly straightforward! Although there is "more than one way to do it", this generally has more to do with slang and formality than with the way that the language is structured. Perl is definitely English-like in this regard. Erik -- Erik Price email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss