Re: Perl, the new generation

2001-05-17 Thread Michael G Schwern
On Wed, May 16, 2001 at 11:58:07AM -0400, Adam Turoff wrote: It's not so much that Perl shouldn't have data structures or modules. I think what Stephen is saying (and he's not the only one) is that the bare minimum amount of Perl you *must* know to be productive is increasing. Either that,

Re: Perl, the new generation

2001-05-17 Thread Dave Storrs
Hmmm...ok, on thinking about it, I generally agree with you. There is only one point that I would debate (and, as you'll see, there's a solution for that one, too): On Wed, 16 May 2001, Nathan Torkington wrote: Dave Storrs writes: 1) One of the great strengths of Perl is that

Re: Perl, the new generation

2001-05-17 Thread Mike Lacey
LOL! No bias there then Nat :-) Mike - Original Message - From: Nathan Torkington [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 10:41 PM Subject: Re: Perl, the new generation Stephen P. Potter writes: It seems to me that recently (the last two years or so)

Re: Perl, the new generation

2001-05-17 Thread Richard Proctor
On Thu 17 May, Michael G Schwern wrote: On Wed, May 16, 2001 at 11:58:07AM -0400, Adam Turoff wrote: It's not so much that Perl shouldn't have data structures or modules. I think what Stephen is saying (and he's not the only one) is that the bare minimum amount of Perl you *must* know to