No functions to call, no objects to instantiate, they are just there, in the core syntax, and using them quickly becomes second-nature. There's also the magic variable $_ and a host of other niceties and syntactic sugariness, but you get the idea.
Erik Ableson wrote:
Hmmm - it's more a question of abstraction. Is C's approach to abstracting human ideas into code conducive for solving the problem that you have at hand ? In most cases, the answer is probably not since it works at a very low leve where you're responsible for all sorts of boring (but crucial!) bit and pieces like memory management, input buffers and memory pointer spaces - bleah.
Perl is an excellent compromise between the human and the computer. Perl is exceedingly versatile for certain tasks that don't mind needing a relatively large executable and memory footprint. C is ideal if you want to write a perl interpreter, a device driver, and operating system, a high performace commercial application...
Perl is great for when you have data, and a question and need to get an answer, a repetitive task to automate, and a zillion other things where you just want to plunge into making something work.
If you're getting into bioinformatics, you should check out the O'Reilly book "Perl for Bioinformatics". A niche bestseller but it sounds like it might be useful.
Cheers,
Erik
Le 27 mai 04, � 17:02, Fred a �crit :
"Perl is the most powerful computer language ever devised by the mind of
man"
Don't get me wrong I totally agree with you, but Perl was made in c so I
would think that since it derived from c, c might be more versital? I might
be wrong, but that is how I would look at it.
BTW, QUE's Perl 5 by Exaample is the book that I started out with. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anthony Nemmer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 8:32 AM Subject: Re: (no subject)
Perl is the most powerful computer language ever devised by the mind of
man.
And you can quote me on that. =)
Anthony Nemmer
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